Bernard Plossu
Bernard Plossu (born 1945) is a Vietnam-born French photographer. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Center for Creative Photography, both in Tucson, Arizona.
Bernard Plossu
- Born
- 1945 · Đà Lạt.
- Nationality
- France · French Indochina
- Occupation
- photographer
- Fields
- photography
- Honours
- Grand Prix National de la Photographie
- Languages
- French
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Bernard Plossu (born 1945) is a Vietnam-born French photographer. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Center for Creative Photography, both in Tucson, Arizona.
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Life and work
Life and work
The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is photography. Residence is recorded at La Ciotat. Work by Bernard Plossu is recorded in the collections of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Photography Collection. Distinctions recorded are Grand Prix National de la Photographie.
Plossu was born in Da Lat, Vietnam and grew up in Paris. He traveled to Mexico for the first time in 1965 and photographed there extensively over many trips. Between 1974 and 1985, he was immersed in the American west. He moved to the USA in 1977, married an American and lived in New Mexico. His characteristic style is the recording of encounters and feelings.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, Besançon, France, 2014 • Bernard Plossu, La Fábrica, Madrid, 2015 • Bernard Plossu. Le Havre en noir et blanc, Museum of modern art André Malraux - MuMa, Le Havre, France, 2015/16
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La Ciotat
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Đà Lạt.
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Books by Plossu
Books by Plossu
• Le Voyage mexicain: 1965–1966. Contrejour, 1979. With an essay by Denis Roche.. • Images En Manœuvres, 2012.. • Porquerolles, Port-Cros: Les iles. 1998. • L'Europe Du Sud Contemporaine. 2000. • Forget Me Not. Tf, 2002.. • Voyages Vers l'Italie = Voyages to Italy. 2005. • Passages Par Athenes. 2006. • Monet Intime. Filigranes, 2012.. • ¡Vámonos! Bernard Plossu in Mexico. New York: Aperture, 2014.. • The Still Hour / La hora inmóvil. Madrid: La Fabrica, 2016.. • Western Colors. London: Thames and Hudson, 2016.. • En Depliant les Montagnes. 2020.
Books paired with one other
Books paired with one other
• Col Treno. Argol, 2002. With Jean-Christophe Bailly..
Collections
Collections
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX: 11 prints (as of 23 April 2023) • Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
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- “Bernard Plossu”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2898451: Bernard Plossu
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- 1.Encyclopédie Universalis
- 2.Jacques. Terrasa. Jours tranquilles à Níjar : le séjour espagnol de Bernard Plossu (1987-1993). Cahiers d’études romanes. Revue du CAER. 26. 2013-01-15. 0180-684X. 10.4000/etudesromanes.3947. 2021-12-26. 227–242.
- 3.Toulouse. Château d'Eau : 40 ans de bonheur exposés jusqu'à dimanche aux Jacobins. ladepeche.fr.
- 4.« L'aventure mexicaine », Marion Labourey, le 10 mars 2012 ; présentation de l'exposition « Bernard Plossu : les voyages mexicains », à lire sur L'Intermède.
- 5.Galerie Le Réverbère (qui le représente).
- 6.Galerie Bruno Mory 2015 Voyages en Bourgogne. galerie-bruno-mory.com.
- 7.Fonds de dotation Le Parvis Espace Culturel BERNARD PLOSSU. Fonds de dotation Le Parvis Espace Culturel BIENVENUE.
- 8.Festival 2018 Présence(s) photographie. www.presences-photographie.fr.
- 9.Photo Days présente : Le Paris en couleur de Bernard Plossu. Unidivers.
- 10.Présentation de l'exposition sur le site du musée
- 11.Musée Granet : Plossu–Granet : Italia Discreta, in L'Œil de la Photographie, 29 avril 2022
- 12.Ville d'Hyères, musée "La Banque", Exposition temporaire
- 13.Bruno Réquillart MAP. mediatheque-patrimoine.culture.gouv.fr.
- 14.« Jérusalem : Procédé Fresson, de Bernard Plossu et Didier Ben Loulou », L’Œil de la Photographie, consulté le 28 août 2020.
- 15.Les lauréats de la seconde édition du Prix du Tirage Collection Bachelot révélés. 9 Lives Magazine. 2021-10-19.
- 16.Présentation de l'exposition sur le site officiel du musée Niépce
- 17.Bernard Plossu : sur la voie. www.film-documentaire.fr.
- 18.Un autre voyage mexicain. www.film-documentaire.fr.
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