Were I in Paris at the weekend I would go along to the Hotel Millennium Paris Opera on Boulevard Haussman on Sunday for the Salon de la Photovintage organised by the AnamorFose Gallery from Belgium. AnamorFose was founded by Xavier Debeerst in 1997 as a virtual Photogallery specialising in vintage and historical photography.
The gallery centres around Belgian photography and also pictorialism, but also included the work of modernist photographers such as Willy Kessels as well as contemporary work. Perhaps the best way to get a view of its character is to look at the catalogue, a 32 page PDF file.
Apparently the organisers of Paris Photo didn’t like the orginal name of this event, Paris Photovintage, and asked for it to be changed. But it is really all the events like this around the city that make a trip to Paris worthwhile.
Tonight I’m also missing several gallery openings, including “Voyage Imaginaire” at the Galerie Claire Corcia, with contemporary photography by Francesco Gattoni, Mathilde Maccario, Louise Narbo and Carolle Benitah. Last year I was impressed by Narbo’s work at the same gallery and wrote briefly on it. And from there, perhaps by another opening or two, I would have made my way to the best of the various parties going on in Paris.
But unfortunately my voyage too is only in my imagination, though I’ve been scanning pictures of Paris all day and editing them.
