It's been several years since we've been to the Centre Pompidou, the modern and contemorary art museum in Paris and the largest museum of modern art in Europe. The Centre Pompidou was the first major example of an "inside-out" building, with its structural, mechanical, and circulation systems exposed on the exterior of the building.
The Pompidou Museum is featuring an exhibition titled Corps á Corps (Body to Body) with more than 500 photographs and documents by 120 historical and contemporary photographers featuring photographic representations of the human race in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Approaching the museum
Arial view
As we ride the external escallators to the top, we get fabulous views across the rooftops of Paris.
Views across Paris
Riding the external escallators
We reach the top and enter the exhibition, starting with close-up views of faces, a subject which became popular in the early 20th century, using framing and the dramatic play of light and shadows to emphasize the images.
Faces
We then move to pictures taken in the style of photobooths, first installed in the US in the 1920s, then Europe. The photographs play on photobooth norms: facing the camera, anonymity, seriality, and other such characteristics.
Photobooth
The next displays focus on the interaction between photographer and subject, emphasizing how the camera captures a moment in the relationship between the two.
Interactions
We then wander into "Fragments," focusing on partial views of parts of subject's bodies (hands, feet, eyes, ear, legs, ...).
Fragments
The next room focuses on portraits, dramatic views of subjects. The pictures tend to depict solitude, melancholy, or bodies in trance, speaking to something inaccessible beyond the frame.
Portraits
We end with a series of other interesting, uncategorized photographs and photograph collections.
Final views
This has been quite interesting and a lot of fun to wander through and see the skill of the photographers and the images of the subjects.
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