Pecan Pie : le Texas des cowboys en 68 pellicules

Galerie EST

Father and son, photographers Marin and Norbert Gilbert plunge us into the world of Texan cowboys, between rodeos, portraits and scenes of everyday life. In 2025, Marin and Norbert Gilbert, father and son, set off for Texas with their cameras and 68 rolls of film. Long fascinated by the figure of the cowboy, they set out with a question in mind: what is a cowboy today? Introduced into the world of rodeo by a French champion, they crisscross Texas, attend several competitions and meet those who bring this world to life. Little by little, their gaze shifts from the arena to everything that surrounds it: families, ranchers, craftspeople, children, animals and spectators. Pecan Pie brings together the images born of this journey. Between rodeo scenes, portraits, landscapes and fragments of everyday life captured on the fly, the two photographers compose a sensitive account of contemporary Texas. The spectacular rubs shoulders with the ordinary: horses launched into the arena and dust raised to the rhythm of hooves answer to moments of waiting, gestures of preparation and everyday scenes. Between images taken on the fly and more constructed photographs, the exhibition thus brings into dialogue the cinematic power of the western with a certain poetry of the everyday. Without seeking to celebrate or deconstruct the myth of the cowboy, Pecan Pie invites us to look at what appears when the frame is widened: the individuals, the relationships and the world that continues to give life to this figure today. The exhibition extends the photographic book Pecan Pie, self-published by Marin and Norbert Gilbert. Opening and book launch on Thursday, October 8, starting at 6pm.

Source: Paris Open Data ↗