Celebrating women across the globe
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Philippe Salaün
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One of his photographs included in Femmes du monde
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A photographic exhibition Femmes du monde by Philippe Salaün will be
held at Alliance Française de Colombo from June 11 to 28.
Salaün is from Brittany in France. He is a close friend of Robert
Doisneau and has started off as his photo printer.
For his first trip to Sri Lanka he brings with him two major
exhibitions, starting with Femmes du monde.
“I simply gathered images that I took during my travels and when
visiting my home town in Brittany. In the exhibition, there are a dozen
of nationalities represented and I have no other intention but to
celebrate the force and the diversity of women through my photos
captured by chance over the past 30 years.
I shall leave it up to the public to give a meaning to each of them
or to the entire collection,” he noted on his debut exhibition in the
island.
A photo exhibition of master photographer of the 20th century: Robert
Doisneau (1934-1994), 25 tirages originaux will also be presented by
Salaün at the Alliance Française on July 2.
Photography workshop
The Alliance Française de Colombo will also hold a photography
workshop conducted by Salaün in June. It will take place on June 19,
from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on June 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
On June 19 participants meet to select pictures taken during the
workshop in order to set up an exhibition that will take place later at
the Auditorium of the Alliance Française. Participants are required to
bring a quality camera as none will be provided. No more than 12 of
those interested will be included in the workshop. If there is high
demand another workshop will be organized later in June.
Salaün will conduct a conference on June 9 at the same venue relating
to his experience as a photographer and as a printer. This is open to
the general public.
Please contact the Alliance for more details. Closing date for
applications for the workshop is June 5.
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