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"Corps en scène"

"Corps en scène" at the Musk and Amber Gallery

 

"Bodies on stage" in English

 

by Sylvie Lancrenon

 

Exhibition Date: January 27,  2023

 

For the first time in Tunisia, the famous French photographer Sylvie Lancrenon is showing some of her work in Tunis at the Musk and Amber gallery. "Corps en scène" brings together portraits of celebrities and also captures magical moments in motion of dancers from the Paris Opera.

 

A lively and committed photographer with a soul-searching eye, she is among the most sought-after photographers in showbiz. Not only because of her innate sense of framing, light and colour, but above all because she has a sharp intuition. You should see her work: she gently controls the postures, the looks, the imperceptible expression.

 

"I have been searching for beauty, for a lost paradise... I looked at the world through my camera to forget, to forget myself. I have worked on instinct, without looking back. It is time to tear off the mask. - Shadows And Lights' Sylvie Lancrenon

 

Following the release of her book 'Ombres et Lumières', "Shadows and Lights" in English,  she took part in the 2021 national campaign on the inclusion of people with disabilities. Here again, she captured the spark that animates each person, inviting us to look beyond the difference. In addition, she was awarded the title of Woman of Culture 2022 and received the Legion of Honour that same year.

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Sylvie Lancrenon quickly preferred to be independent, creating her own universe, choosing her settings and characters - from the cinema, the theatre and fashion - and responding to the call of magazines and advertising. Her work consists of beauty and fashion photographs, portraits of celebrities and dancers.

 

"Take a dilapidated hotel, empty, under construction. Invite bodies that move. Young, muscular dancers. Supple, slender dancers. Their names are Germain Louvet, Hugo Marchand, Aurélie Dupont, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Mickael Lafon, Eugénie Drion, Marion Barbeau, Anna Cleveland, Lida Fox, Jean Lemersre. The problem with dancers is that they always escape.

 

So bring in a photographer to catch them. Here you will see how Sylvie Lancrenon crackled her flash to catch them."

 

- Frédéric Beigbeder

Sylvie Lancrenon

A lively and committed photographer with a soul-searching eye
 
She started her career on film sets before becoming a reference for celebrity portraits. Sylvie Lancrenon, photographer of the intimate, has photographed the most beautiful women in the world. She tames their mystery. She veils a look and reveals a body. The grain of the paper is carnal, vibrant, luminous.
 
 
Because photographing actresses - and actors - as close as possible to their emotions has been at the heart of Sylvie Lancrenon's life since she was very young, when she was already tracking down her friends with her camera. Inspired by the cinema, she started working as a set photographer at the age of 18, with prestigious directors such as Claude Lelouch and Jean Becker. It was there that she learned how to stage beauty with the framing of a film.
 
Sylvie Lancrenon soon preferred to be independent, creating her own universe, choosing her sets and characters - from the cinema, the theatre and fashion - and responding to the call of magazines and advertising.
She directs short films herself, magnifying a piece of jewellery, a watch, or revealing the fragility of her subject, like recently the melancholic Mélanie Thierry.
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