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Encyclopedia > Bernard Faucon

Bernard Faucon (b. 1950, Provence, France). French photographer and writer. Provence is a former Roman province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Frances border with Italy. ...


Faucon was taught at the Lycee d'Apt in Provence, then graduated in Philosophy from the Sorbonne in 1973. Until 1977 he worked as a fine art painter, and thereafter discovered photography. His photographic work has a love of youth and dreamy beauty, using saturated colour, natural settings, rooms and often tableaux of mannequins. His work has been compared to that of Jan Saudek. His major photographic series are, in date-order: Les Grandes Vacances (1977-1981); Evolution probable du Temps (1981-1984); Les Chambre d'or (1987-1989); Les Idoles et les Sacrifices (1989-1991); Les Ecritures (1991-1993); and La Fin de L'image (1993-1995). The Philosopher (detail), by Rembrandt Philosophy is a study that includes various diverse subfields such as aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and metaphysics. ... The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The historic University of Paris (French: Université de Paris) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganized as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... Tableau vivant, Folies Bergères c. ... Statuephilia, also called agalmatophilia, or Pygmalionism after the myth of Pygmalion, is an uncommon sexual fetish or paraphilia. ... Zuzankas night Life Hey, Joe! Jan Saudek (b. ...


He has won numerous awards from his work, including the Grand Prix National (1989), and the Prix Leonard de Vinci (1991). Since 1977 he has had nearly 300 solo exhibitions, but he decided to cease photography in 1995. In 1999 he produced his first book of writing.


The manniquins used in his work are now at the Nanasai Company Collection, in Kyoto, Japan . In 2002, the Moscow House of Photography held a Bernard Faucon Festival, and he was invited to officially open the Moscow Biennale. He is currently represented by the French agency Agence Vu, and is preparing for a major retrospective exhibition in Japan. This page is about the city Kyoto. ... Moscow House of Photography is a Russian museum, which maintains a large collection of old and contemporary Russian photographic masterpieces and also organizes festivals and large scale projects. ...

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Books & Films

Almost all of his books have had to be published in France or Japan; the most recent and most available retrospective is Jours d'Image, 1977-1995. Most of his books are out-of-print and command high prices on the collector's market.


Bernard Faucon: Fables (1992. Dir: Jean Real. 44 minute film.)


Critical essays

Guy Davenport. The Illuminations of Bernard Faucon (IN: The Georgia Review, Winter 2002). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


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Influence

Bernard Faucon's photographs inspired the Japanese Television mannequin comedy "The Fuccon Family" http://www.fucconfamily.com/


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Bernard Faucon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (302 words)
Faucon was taught at the Lycee d'Apt in Provence, then graduated in Philosophy from the Sorbonne in 1973.
In 2002, the Moscow House of Photography held a Bernard Faucon Festival, and he was invited to officially open the Moscow Biennale.
Bernard Faucon's photographs inspired the Japanese Television mannequin comedy "The Fuccon Family" http://www.fucconfamily.com/
Developing Photo's Appeal (928 words)
Three years ago, Faucon retired from photography and set up this international project, which involved choosing 100 children in 21 countries and giving each a camera for a day with the intent to exhibit the best work at this year's Photobienalle and at other festivals all over the world.
Faucon took part, but afterward told Sviblova that he was disappointed in the children, whom he said were too sedate, and that he did not expect the film to reveal anything worthwhile.
But days later, Sviblova said Faucon called her early one morning to report that the Russian group's photographs were so brilliant that he planned to scrap the photographs from all the other countries and exhibit only theirs.
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