Young People in Places

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The dynamic of a city is partly explained by the places taken over by young people. We will be interested in this workshop in places evocative of this youth. Each student will be asked to carry out a photographic work on a place that is evocative for him in Paris. The photographs will be taken outside of the workshop sessions and the restitution work will take place in progress. How to account for expression, codes, exchanges, social ties, in spaces invested by young people. The objective of this workshop is to learn to develop a critical eye, restore an aesthetic emotion, and build a photographic sequence with documentary value. From the study of a corpus of images produced by known photographers: August Sander (All), Raymond Depardon (Fr) and Larry Clark (USA) we will approach the documentary style which is a major current in photography, and we will question what makes 'art' in photography. Through the analysis of works by these renowned photographers and debates around their work, students will have the opportunity to put their achievements into perspective and become aware of the reading of contemporary works. An oral restitution exercise (in pairs) of a photograph proposed by the teacher in connection with a text chosen for its relevance to the work will also be requested as part of this workshop, and these restitutions will be organized throughout the semester. . An exhibition visit will be organized in connection with current events in Paris.