Alain Keler - Histoires de vie
Upcoming exhibition
Discover an exhibition by the photojournalist Alain Keler in the Sainte-Chapelle of the château de vincennes!
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10am - 1pm and 2pm - 5pm
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Prices (included in admission)
Full price: €13
Reduced rate : 11,50 €
Free for under 18 and 18-25 (EU)
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Public
All public
Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Presentation
The exhibition "Alain Keler - Histoires de vie", presented in the Sainte-Chapelle at the Château de Vincennes, looks back over 50 years of photography through the eyes of a photojournalist who has criss-crossed the world. From Grozny to Ethiopia, his photographs combine major events with intimate moments, such as the last portraits of his parents. Each image, accompanied by his words, invites reflection and remembrance.
Once, when I was very young in New York, I went to hear Walker Evans give a lecture.
I asked him: "Is photography an art? He replied: "Photography is an art when the photographer is an artist".
About the artist
Alain Keler was born in Clermont-Ferrand in 1945. He has been a member of the MYOP agency since 2008. Alain Keler began his career at Sygma and Gamma, before co-founding Odyssey Images in 1989. From the 1980s onwards, he covered conflicts in Lebanon, Chechnya, Israel and Palestine, the Iranian revolution and the civil war in El Salvador. In 1986 he won the Grand Prix Paris Match for photojournalism for "Ethiopia in the rain" and the World Press Photo. He has also worked on minorities in the former communist bloc (W. Eugene Smith Award 1997) and on discrimination against Roma in Europe. In 2004, he was awarded a prize by the 3 P association in Paris for the project "Le Pays de la terre qui brûle" ("The Land of Burning Earth") on the complexity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In 2018, he published the book Journal d'un photographe (Diary of a Photographer), a veritable logbook revisiting forty years of his photographic career. Like an archaeologist, he delves into his archives and contact sheets, unearthing the treasures and writings that make up the off-screen images.
In 2022, he was awarded the Visa d'Or d'honneur by Figaro Magazine at the Visa pour l'Image festival, which celebrates the career of a photographer who is still active. In November 2023, he was made an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by Madame Rina Abdulmalak, former Minister of Culture.
He joined the Polka gallery in 2024.
Preparing his arrival
How do I get there?
Once you have passed through the ticket office, take the central aisle to the Sainte-Chapelle. The exhibition will be on either side of the nave and in the sacristy.
Parking is not permitted.
Further information
Except in exceptional circumstances, the Sainte-Chapelle closes from 1pm to 2pm.