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 Quote:
"Je suis devenu photographe parce que je n'ai pas de mémoire. La
photographie me permet de reconstituer les albums de famille que je
n'ai jamais eus, dont les images manquantes sont devenues le moteur
de mes recherches. Mes planches-contacts sont mon journal intime."
Patrick Zachmann joined Magnum Photos in 1985 and became a full
Member in 1990.
French, b. 1955
Patrick Zachmann has been a freelance photographer since 1976 and
member of Magnum Photos since 1990, he has dedicated himself to
long-term projects on cultural identity, memory and immigration.
Zachmann's reportage on the Naples Mafia led to the publication of
the book Madonna! (1982). From 1982 to 1984 he worked both on a
project on highway landscapes supported by the French Ministry of
Culture, and on the challenges of integration facing young French
Arabs in the northern neighborhoods of Marseilles.
After working for seven years on a personal project about Jewish
identity, Zachmann published his second book, Enquête d'Identité
(Inquest on Identity), in 1987. In 1989 his story on Beijing's
Tiananmen Square was widely published in the international press.
Together with other photographers, he created Droit de Regard, an
association for the protection and promotion of authorship in press
photography.
Still fascinated by the themes of immigration, Zachmann focused on
the Chinese diaspora, resulting in the book W., ou L'?il d'un Long
Nez (1995), followed by a critically acclaimed exhibition. In 1997
he exhibited his work on Malian emigration.
Between 1996 and 1998, Zachmann directed the short film La Mémoire
de Mon Père, followed by his first feature-length film Allers-retour:
Journal d'un Photographe. Both have won awards and have been
featured in numerous film festivals.
In 2004 the Parc de la Villette commissioned Zachmann to carry out a
study on the Muslim community in Paris and the ?le-de-France region.
Currently, he is working on a project about nocturnal life in
cities, using impressionistic images built on the artificial lights
and colors of the night. He is also working on a new book on China.
Awards
1992 Merit Award, Art Directors Club
1989 Prix Niepce
1986 Villa Médicis Hors les Murs, French Ministry of Foreign
Affaires
1983 Prix Austerlitz
1982 Prix Air France
Exhibitions
2001/04 Chili. Une Mémoire en Route - Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago
de Chile,
Chile; Centre d’Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation,
Lyon,
France; International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China;
Photography
Festival, Rome, Italy; Gallery of the French Institute, Barcelona,
Spain
1998 Enquête d’Identité - Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Juda?sme,
Paris, France
1995/00 L’?il d’un Long-Nez - Visa pour l’Image, Perpignan, France;
The Photographers’
Gallery, London, U.K.; Sala Municipal, Valladolid, Spain
(traveled to ten countries in Asia).
1997 Maliens, Ici et Là-Bas - Parc de la Villette, Paris, France
1993 Et la famille Ca Va? - Galerie du Théatre de l’Agora d’Evry,
France
1992 Ici et Là-Bas - Centre Culturel Fran?ais, Oran, Algeria
1991 Patrick Zachmann 1980-1990: Identités - Galerie du Théatre de
l’Agora
d’Evry, France
1990 Patrick Zachmann - Galerie Municipale du Chateau d’eau,
Toulouse, France
1989 Monographie - Galerie ABC, Gand, Belgium
1989 Prix Niepce - Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
1987 Enquete d’Identité - Galerie Magnum, Paris, France
1985 Banlieue - Exposition produite par Actuel, FNAC, Paris, France
1984 Enquête d’Identité - Galerie FNAC Forum, Paris, France
1983 Madonna! – Galerie FNAC, Paris, France
Books
2002 Chili, les Routes de la Mémoire, Marval, France
1997 Maliens, Ici et Là-Bas, Plume, France
1995 W. ou l’?il d’un Long-Nez (W. or the Eye of a Long-Nose),
Marval, France;
1993 20 Ans de Rêves, Syria Editions, France
1987 Enquête d’Identité, un Juif à la Recherche de sa Mémoire,
Contrejour,
France
1983 Madonna! (with Claude Kotz), Editions de L’Etoile, France
Films
2002 Allers-Retour: Journal d’un Photographe, (beta, color, 68')
1992 Hong Kong 1997, (video images for the film directed by Jean-Christophe
Victor, 30')
1991 La Memoire de Mon Père, beta, color, 31') |
