Maison Européenne de la Photographie
from 14 November 1998 to 14 February 1999

"Weegee's World : Life, Death and the Human Drama"

The raucous, gritty, exuberant and sometimes tender images of Weegee (Arthur Fellig, 1899 - 1968), one of photography's most important and influential photojournalist will be on view at the MEP from November 11 1998 through February 14 1999. The 200 images shown in the exhibition come from ICP's extensive Weegee Collection and Archive, a bequest of Wilma Wilcox, the photographer's companion during the last years of his life.

Weegee didn't invent tabloid news photography, he perfected it. The bold, graphic, instantly legible style of his newspaper work, and his tough, often disturbing subject matter have influenced every generation of photographers subsequent to his. He cruised through New York City in a 1938 Chevrolet, monitoring a police radio, and raced to the scene of any event that might be a picture in the making.

"Weegee's world" traces the photographer's career from his earliest work for Acme Newspictures (1924-35) to his freelance work and work for PM and other newspapers to his later work in Hollywood and the abstract manipulated photography with which he experimented during the last 20 years of his life.

Exhibition curated by Miles Barth - ICP

Maison Européenne de la Photographie
from 18 November 1998 to 31 January 1999

Hocine, 1998 World Press Award-Winner

Hocine, an algerian photographer working for the Agence France Presse, was awarded the World Press Photo award in 1998. Inevitably, the political situation in Algeria has influenced the way in which Hocine operates as a photojournalist. Hocine constantly documents what he sees around him. But in spite of the restrictions and the danger, he has always carried on working just like any other photographer. "I wish the tragic events which tear Algeria apart would end once and for all", he says, "so that I can view my country in a different light".
The exhibition presents his photographs from Somalia and Algeria.

Exhibition curated by Pierre Fernandez - AFP

Maison Européenne de la Photographie
from 19 November to 13 December 1998

10th Grand Prix Paris Match du reportage photographique (award for photo reportage)

Taking inspiration from the Pulitzer prize for written journalism, the Prix Paris-Match was created in 1980. It is open to all French professionals working for agencies or publications or as freelance photographers. It is awarded every two years by an international jury. The winner receives 60 000 FF and his or her photographs are exhibited at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie during the Month of Photography.

Parc de la Villette - Pavillon Paul Delouvrier
from 28 October 1998 to 31 January 1999

Michaël von Graffenried : "Algérie, photographies d'une guerre sans images" ('Algeria, photographs of a war without images')

Graffenried took these photographs secretly without looking through the viewfinder, since in Algeria to raise a camera to one's eye is to put one's life in danger. They bear witness to a truth you never see, to a situation of constant fear and rage you are never shown on the TV news. Robert Delpire

Exhibition curated by Esther Woerdehoff
A book of the same title is published by Hazan, 195 F.

Musée Carnavalet
from 13 November 1998 to 14 February 1999

Mois Intenational de la Photographie à Moscou Photobiennale (International Month of Photography in Moscow)
Le vieux Moscou en photos ('Old Moscow in Photos')

Pavillon des Arts
from 13 November 1998 to 14 February 1999

Mois Intenational de la Photographie à Moscou Photobiennale (International Month of Photography in Moscow)
1917-1991, la photographie soviétique miroir de son temps ('1917-1991, Soviet Photography: the Mirror of its Time')

The exhibition presents archive photographs relating to the principal events that happened between the Soviet rise to power in 1917 and the 1991 putsch, taken by the greatest Russian photographers.

This is the first attempt at a reconstitution of the great events of Russian and Soviet history in the form of photographic images.

Exhibition curated by Olga Sviblova and Béatrice Riottot El-Habib. Produced by Paris Musées in collaboration with the Maison de la Photographie de Moscou and the Arts Committee of the City of Moscow.

Mission du patrimoine photographique
Until 3 January 1999

W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978)

Besides the most important pieces from the great photographic essays in Life and the famous "Minamata", the exhibition focuses on Smith's complex "personal essays" (Pittsburg, From My Window, The loft, Haiti), many of which have never been shown before. After changing the rules of photojournalism, Smith appears as a major figure of American photography much influenced by the New York School.

Exhibition curated by Gilles Mora & Pierre Bonhomme
W. Eugene Smith, du côté de l'ombre published by Le Seuil.