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FRANCE / Paris: Gilles Caron. The Conflict
by Modem
© Modem

until Sunday November 02 2014

Le Jeu de Paume
T : +33 (0)1 47 03 12 50
1, place de la Concorde
75008 Paris
France

Director
Marta Gili

Communication
Anne Racine
anneracine@jeudepaume.org

The photos of Gilles Caron (1939–1970) tell the story of his times through his visual account of the period’s major conflicts: the Six Day War, Vietnam, Biafra, Northern Ireland, May 68, the repression of the Prague Spring. He finished by paying for this commitment with his life, whilst covering the war in Cambodia.

Although he was primarily known as a war reporter, Caron’s photography is also remarkable for the way he managed to capture the quintessential spirit of the 1960s: cinema and France’s Nouvelle Vague, fashion, music, the rebellious younger generation and politics are amongst his main subjects, those that inspired some of his most striking images. His extremely realistic account of the events of May 1968, in particular his famous photo of Daniel Cohn-Bendit confronting a CRS riot policeman, are indelibly fixed in our collective memory. In just a few short years, Caron managed to prove that he was one of photojournalism’s greats. The one hundred and fifty photos on show in this exhibition, Gilles Caron. The Conflict Within, present the work of a man who never ceased to question the purpose of his commitment.

© Modem