THE PORTAL Christine, RIBERY Fabien.
At the Body Level Michel Thersiquel Photographs
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| N° d'inventaire | 26228 |
| Format | 23 x 31 |
| Détails | 144 p., illustrated, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Châteaulin, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782368332832 |
Following the public and critical success of the book A hauteur d'homme (published by Ouest-France, 2018), here is a lesser-known side of the work of the great photographer Michel Thersiquel (1944-2007). For 14 years, not responding to any commissions, he regularly visited the Kerpape Functional Rehabilitation Center in Morbihan. 4,200 black and white photographs were taken, then archived, almost never shown.
Half of the institution's staff were children, many of them young people with myopathy. In the images of the humanist Thersiquel, hope is always visible behind the suffering. In these amputated, paralyzed, and dented bodies, a tremendous desire to live shines through. Quite simply. "Thersi" almost always photographs people from the front, head-on. "It seems simple, but it's ultimately terribly risky," writes critic Guy Mandery.
The direct consequence is that these children are watching us." Since his death, the Friends of Michel Thersiquel association and the Port-Musée de Douarnenez have been working together to promote this photographer's studio collection, which includes nearly 80,000 photographs. Exhibitions in France and abroad have since followed, bringing his work to life, which is recognized at the highest level and is present in prestigious museum collections.
Half of the institution's staff were children, many of them young people with myopathy. In the images of the humanist Thersiquel, hope is always visible behind the suffering. In these amputated, paralyzed, and dented bodies, a tremendous desire to live shines through. Quite simply. "Thersi" almost always photographs people from the front, head-on. "It seems simple, but it's ultimately terribly risky," writes critic Guy Mandery.
The direct consequence is that these children are watching us." Since his death, the Friends of Michel Thersiquel association and the Port-Musée de Douarnenez have been working together to promote this photographer's studio collection, which includes nearly 80,000 photographs. Exhibitions in France and abroad have since followed, bringing his work to life, which is recognized at the highest level and is present in prestigious museum collections.
Half of the institution's staff were children, many of them young people with myopathy. In the images of the humanist Thersiquel, hope is always visible behind the suffering. In these amputated, paralyzed, and dented bodies, a tremendous desire to live shines through. Quite simply. "Thersi" almost always photographs people from the front, head-on. "It seems simple, but it's ultimately terribly risky," writes critic Guy Mandery.
The direct consequence is that these children are watching us." Since his death, the Friends of Michel Thersiquel association and the Port-Musée de Douarnenez have been working together to promote this photographer's studio collection, which includes nearly 80,000 photographs. Exhibitions in France and abroad have since followed, bringing his work to life, which is recognized at the highest level and is present in prestigious museum collections.