Transhumance by Marcel Cohen.
Arnaud Bizalion editor| N° d'inventaire | 28554 |
| Format | 21 x 25.5 |
| Détails | 190 p., numerous black and white photographs, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Arles, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782369801139 |
Marcel Coen's Transhumance
In 1951, after five years of captivity in Germany, Marcel Coen, a young photographer in love with freedom, decided to follow a transhumance, from the Crau plain to the Mercantour mountain pastures: "I was happy among these simple people leading their animals to the mountains; the slow walk, the music of all the bells and small bells immerses you in an unreal world and literally cuts you off from existence." This is, with the sensation of witnessing the age-old spectacle of men and animals deeply united with the spaces they cross, what he expresses in his photos. Enriched with his own travel journal and reflections on what his photos mean today, this book is published at a time when UNESCO classifies transhumance as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
The transhumance of Marcel Coen
After five years of captivity in Germany during World War II, Marcel Coen embraced the freedom that he found in photography. His passion led him to follow a transhumance that took a herd of sheep from the Crau plains to the high mountain pastures of the Mercantour area of the Alps: “I was happy among these simple people leading their animals into the mountains; the slow walk, the music of all the bells on the collars, it submerges you in a dreamlike world and literally cuts you off from existence. » This is the sensation that he so masterfully expresses in his photographs, along with the feeling of bearing witness to the age-old spectacle of people and animals that are profoundly in unison with the spaces they traverse. Enriched with his own travel journal and reflections on what his photographs represent today, this book is being published at a time when UNESCO is classifying transhumance as part of humanity's intangible cultural heritage.
Marcel Coen's Transhumance
In 1951, after five years of captivity in Germany, Marcel Coen, a young photographer in love with freedom, decided to follow a transhumance, from the Crau plain to the Mercantour mountain pastures: "I was happy among these simple people leading their animals to the mountains; the slow walk, the music of all the bells and small bells immerses you in an unreal world and literally cuts you off from existence." This is, with the sensation of witnessing the age-old spectacle of men and animals deeply united with the spaces they cross, what he expresses in his photos. Enriched with his own travel journal and reflections on what his photos mean today, this book is published at a time when UNESCO classifies transhumance as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
The transhumance of Marcel Coen
After five years of captivity in Germany during World War II, Marcel Coen embraced the freedom that he found in photography. His passion led him to follow a transhumance that took a herd of sheep from the Crau plains to the high mountain pastures of the Mercantour area of the Alps: “I was happy among these simple people leading their animals into the mountains; the slow walk, the music of all the bells on the collars, it submerges you in a dreamlike world and literally cuts you off from existence. » This is the sensation that he so masterfully expresses in his photographs, along with the feeling of bearing witness to the age-old spectacle of people and animals that are profoundly in unison with the spaces they traverse. Enriched with his own travel journal and reflections on what his photographs represent today, this book is being published at a time when UNESCO is classifying transhumance as part of humanity's intangible cultural heritage.