29 October 2008 - 25 January 2009

This exhibtition does not set out to present a history of American photography of the 1970s. Instead its 300 or so photographs, arranged around a limited number of themes, trace a path through the iconographic territory they represent by focusing on key works from the BnF collection. The selection reflects the boldness, the formal vigour and the stunning sense of freedom that swept away contemporary stereotypes and had such a profound influence on the post-modern conception of photography
Photographs by: Diane Arbus, Lewis Baltz, Paul Caponigro, Larry Clark, Tom Drysdale, Joe Deal, Larry Fink, Leonard Freed, Lee Friedlander, Ralph Gibson, Bruce Gilden, John Gossage, Ken Graves, Charles Harbutt, Kenneth Josephson, William Klein, Les Krims, Mary Ellen Mark, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Ray K. Metzker, Duane Michals, Bill Owens, Jeffrey K. Silverthorne, Arthur Tress, Jerry Uelsmann, Burk Uzzle, Joel Peter Witkin… and a few precursors: Walker Evans, Louis Faurer, Robert Frank and Harry Callahan.

Curated by Anne Biroleau

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