Fragile beauté. Photographies de la collection de Sir Elton John et David Furnish

Jeu de Paume

Celebrating over 30 years of collecting, the exhibition pays tribute to the passion of Sir Elton John and David Furnish for photography, reflecting both their personal taste and their unique eye as collectors. Selected from their collection of more than 7,000 images, the photographs on display are iconic images that explore the connection between the strength and vulnerability inherent in the human condition. Telling a story of modern and contemporary photography, the exhibition brings together an exceptional selection of the world's most important photographers with works dating from 1950 to the present day. Adapted from the exhibition presented at the Victoria and Albert Museum between May 2024 and January 2025, the journey will explore, through five thematic sections, subjects such as desire, fashion, celebrity, the assertion of identities and photojournalism. Among the artists featured will be Robert Mapplethorpe, Harley Weir, Irving Penn, Diane Arbus, Ai Weiwei, Herbert List, and many others, as well as a monumental installation of 149 prints by Nan Goldin from her series Thanksgiving. Warning: the content of some photographs presented in this exhibition may be disturbing to some viewers, particularly younger audiences. "As when writing a song, when you take a photograph, there is a bit of luck and chance – something happens at the right moment and you must have the intelligence to press the shutter." Sir Elton John,

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