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33 episodes

Contacts

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Synopsis

The Contacts collection is an invitation to discover the artistic approach of the greatest contemporary photographers from an original angle. Through a series of images (contact sheets, proofs, prints and slides), with a commentary by the photographer, the viewer enters the secret world of their creation and is guided into the heart of the photographic creative process.

CONTACTS is a collection of films about contemporary photography. Each film traces the development of an individual photographer. With the help of the programme director, the photographer puts together a retrospective, selecting images from his or her contact sheets, proof prints and end-prints to show how his or her work has changed in character and meaning over the years.
Photographers use contact sheets and proofs of various kinds as an aid to memory or a log-book. Exploring these visual jottings provides us with an invaluable insight into their working methods.
Over the years, the initial concept of the collection has evolved. CONTACTS now includes major contemporary artists like Sophie Calle, Jeff Wall, Nan Goldin and Hiroshi Sugimoto, whose work makes use of photographic techniques, alongside famous photo-journalists like William Klein, Helmut Newton, Robert Doisneau and Henri Cartier-Bresson. CONTACTS has become an international reference for all those who are interested in contemporary photography.

Episodes

Thumbnail for Contacts - Raymond Depardon
14min

Contacts - Raymond Depardon

Thumbnail for Contacts - William Klein
13min

Contacts - William Klein

Thumbnail for Contacts - Marc Riboud
13min

Contacts - Marc Riboud

Thumbnail for Contacts - Alain Fleischer
13min

Contacts - Alain Fleischer

Thumbnail for Contacts - Nan Goldin
13min

Contacts - Nan Goldin

Thumbnail for Contacts - Sarah Moon
13min

Contacts - Sarah Moon

Thumbnail for Contacts - Josef Koudelka
12min

Contacts - Josef Koudelka

Thumbnail for Contacts - Helmut Newton
12min

Contacts - Helmut Newton

Thumbnail for Contacts - Duane Michals
13min

Contacts - Duane Michals

Thumbnail for Contacts - Thomas Ruff
12min

Contacts - Thomas Ruff

Thumbnail for Contacts - Eugene Richards
13min

Contacts - Eugene Richards

Thumbnail for Contacts - Lewis Baltz
13min

Contacts - Lewis Baltz

Thumbnail for Contacts - Andreas Gursky
13min

Contacts - Andreas Gursky

Thumbnail for Contacts - Jeff Wall
14min

Contacts - Jeff Wall

Thumbnail for Contacts - Nobuyoshi Araki
13min

Contacts - Nobuyoshi Araki