Dates:
Thu, Sep 3, 2026, 5:00 PM–10:00 PM
The exhibition **«History of a friendship of photographers, from the East to the West»** offers a unique encounter between the looks of Ara Güler and Marc Riboud, two great figures of humanist photography in the twentieth century. Through a dialogue of archives, photographs and unpublished documents, this exhibition traces the history of an artistic and human relationship built over travels, correspondence and the same attention paid to the world.
Born on two different cultural shores, Ara Güler and Marc Riboud have nevertheless shared a deeply sensitive vision of photography: that of a gaze turned towards beings, cities, everyday gestures and the transformations of contemporary societies. Istanbul, Paris, Asia, the Middle East or even the great upheavals of the twentieth century become, in their respective works, fragments of a common narrative where the image bears witness as much as it brings them together.
The exhibition highlights how their trajectories cross between East and West, in a permanent dialogue between memory, modernity and circulation of looks. Vintage prints, personal archives, publications, correspondence and rare documents reveal the bonds of friendship and mutual admiration that united the two photographers across geographical and cultural boundaries.
Through this photographic journey, the exhibition also questions the role of archives in building a shared memory. She shows how photography becomes a universal language capable of creating bridges between cultures, generations and territories.
More than a tribute to two great names in photography, this exhibition celebrates...
Image credit: ©Marc Riboud / Fonds Marc Riboud au musée Guimet
Source: Event information supplied by Bicentenaire de la Photographie - 2026-2027 (official OpenAgenda) — OpenAgenda open-licence event data.
