Antoine D'Agata
Antoine d'Agata (born 1961) is a French photographer and film director. His work deals with topics that are often considered taboo, such as addiction, sex, personal obsessions, darkness, and prostitution. D'Agata is a full member of Magnum Photos.
Antoine D'Agata
- Born
- 1961 · Marseille.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- photographer · film director · screenwriter
- Honours
- Niépce Prize · Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- Languages
- French
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Life and work
Life and work
In 2001, he won the Niépce Prize for young photographers.
D'Agata was born in Marseille in 1961. He left France in 1983 to start a series of travels. He studied photography at the International Center of Photography in New York City in 1990, under the tutelage of Larry Clark and Nan Goldin. D'Agata's work deals with addiction, sex, personal obsessions, darkness, prostitution, and other topics widely considered taboo. He often uses his own life experiences as source material. "My intimacy is linked so much to my work, and my work depends so much on my intimate experiences of the world. It's all intermingled." D'Agata has been a full member of Magnum Photos since 2008. He has published more than a dozen books and three films. In 2009, Tommaso Lusena and Giuseppe Schillaci released a documentary film about d'Agata called The Cambodian Room: Situations with Antoine d'Agata.
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Antoine D'Agata, recorded as a photographer, was born on 19 November 1961 in Marseille. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• 1001 Nuits, Paris, 2004. • Antoine D'Agata: Anticorps, Fotomuseum Den Haag, 26 May – 2 September 2012; Le Bal, Paris, 24 January – 14 April 2013; Spazio Forma, Milan, 27 June – 1 September 2013; and Atsukobarouh, Tokyo, 23 May – 6 July 2015.
Publications by d'Agata
Publications by d'Agata
• Mala Noche. France: En Vue, 1998. • De Mala Muerte. Paris: Le Point du jour (Cherbourg-en-Cotentin), 1998. • Hometown. Paris: Le Point du Jour Editeur, 2001. • Antoine d'Agata. Spain: Centro de Estudios Fotograficos, 2001. • Insomnia. Marseille: Images en Manoeuvre, 2003. • Vortex. France: Atlantica, 2003. • La Ville sans Nom. Paris: Le Point du Jour Editeur, 2004. • Stigma. Marseille: Images en Manoeuvre, 2004.. With a text by Philippe Azoury. • Manifeste. Cherbourg-Octeville (Manche): Le Point du Jour Editeur, 2005.. • Psychogéographie. Paris: Le Point du Jour Editeur, 2005.. With texts by d'Agata and Bruno Le Dantec. • Agonie. Arles: Actes Sud/Atelier de Visu, 2009. Text by Rafael Garido. • Ice. Images En Manœuvres, 2011.. • Position(s). Avarie, 2012,. • Paraiso. France: Andre Frere, 2013. • Anticorps. Madrid: Xavier Barral; Paris: Le Bal, 2013.. Catalogue for retrospective exhibition at Le Bal in Paris. Text in French. • Antibodies. Munich: Prestel, 2014.. With a text by d'Agata translated into English. • Fukushima. Tokyo: Super Labo, 2015. Text in English and Japanese. Edition of 500 copies. • AiTHO. Roquevaire, France: Andre Frere, 2015. Text in French. Edition of 300 copies. • Index. Roquevaire, France: Andre Frere, 2015.. • Cidade de Pedra. Athens: Void, 2016. • Codex – Mexico 1986–2007. Mexico: Editorial RM, 2016. • Lilith. 64P series. Madrid: La Fábrica, 2017.. Text in English and Spanish. • Self-Portraits: 1987–2017. Tokyo: Super Labo, 2017. Edition of 1000 copies. • Oscurana. Athens: Void, 2018. • Acéphale. Arles: Studio Vortex, 2018. • Stasis. Arles. Studio Vortex, 2019.
Publications paired with another
Publications paired with another
• Aïda Mady Diallo. Les Carnets de la Creation series. Montreuil, Paris: l'Oeil, 2003.. A short story by Aïda Mady Diallo with photographs from Mali by d'Agata. In French.
Publications with contributions by d'Agata
Publications with contributions by d'Agata
• Home. Tokyo: Magnum Photos Tokyo, 2018.. • Hunger. Athens: Void, 2018..
Films
• Le Ventre du Monde = The World's Belly (2004) • El Cielo del Muerto (2005) – documentary short • Aka Ana (2008) • Atlas (2012) • White Noise (2019)
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- “Antoine d'Agata”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- VIAF cluster 72455612 for Antoine D'Agata, aggregating national library name authorities.
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Awards
• 2001: Niépce Prize, Association Gens d'images, Paris • 2004: Overseas Photographer Prize, Higashikawa Prize, Japan • 2013: Rencontres d'Arles Author's Book Award, Arles, France, for Anticorps (2013)
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- 1.Fear, Desire, Drugs and, Fucking. Photographer Antoine D'Agata Lives a Life Less Ordinary By Alex Sturrock, Antoine D'Agata. Vice.com. November 2010.
- 2.Antoine D'Agata. Magnumphotos.com.
- 3.Antoine d'Agata interviewed by Arja Hyytiainen. Gommamag.com.
- 4.Matthews, Katherine Oktober. Interview with Antoine d'Agata. GUP Magazine. 14 September 2012.
- 5.Haag, Gemeentemuseum Den. Antoine d'Agata. Fotomuseumdenhaag.nl. 19 December 2013.
- 6.LE BAL - Independent venue focusing on the image-as-document in all its forms – photography, video, film and the new media. En.le-bal.com.
- 7.Antoine d'Agata, 'Anticorps'. Timeout.fr. 25 February 2013.
- 8.Welcome to Paris Photo global fine arts photography agenda - Paris Photo Agenda. Parisphoto.com.
- 9.Anticorpi di Antoine d'Agata – fino a Domenica 1 settembre 2013 - Fondazione Forma per la fotografia. Formafoto.it.
- 10.アントワーヌ・ダガタ 「抗体」 - Schedule - スケジュール - アツコバルー ATSUKOBAROUH arts drinks talk. l-amusee.com.
- 11.Georgian Spring. 13 October 2009. 0307-1235.
- 12.List of prizewinners, 1985–2009. Photo-town.jp.
- 13.O'Hagan, Sean. Lost and found: Discovery award winners at Recontres d'Arles 2013. The Guardian. 8 July 2013.
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