Guy Le Querrec

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Guy Le Querrec

Guy Le Querrec (born May 12, 1941 in Paris ) is a French photographer and filmmaker who is best known for his photographs of jazz musicians and his pictures from Africa. He is a member of Magnum Photos .

Live and act

Le Querrec started taking photos as a teenager. He first worked with an Ultraflex, which he received as a gift for Christmas 1955, before buying a used Photax as his first camera a year later. In 1962 he bought a Leica . After his military service, which he performed together with Jean-Luc Ponty , he became a professional photographer in 1967; He initially worked in a small advertising agency, from 1969 as a photographer and photo editor for Jeune Afrique and made reports in Chad , Cameroon , Niger and the Central African Republic . In 1976 he became a member of the Magnum Photos agency.

In the late 1970s he began making films with Robert Bober . In 1983 he performed for the first time during a concert in the Rencontres d'Arles Dias; he later did this more often at concerts by the Carnet de Routes trio ( Louis Sclavis , Henri Texier , Aldo Romano ); a book with photos of him from touring the group in Africa was also included with the trio's three albums. Sclavis, Texier, Michel Portal and Christophe Marguet improvised on his pictures at the Frankfurt Jazz Festival in 2012 .

Le Querrec took photos at numerous festivals, including the appearance of musicians around Daniel Humair at the JVC Jazz Festival in 1988 (reproduced in the booklet of CD 9-11 PM Town Hall ). He also traveled through Asia and also photographed North American Indians (recorded in the booklet of Tony Hymas' CD Oyaté ). He has also documented Villejuif , a district of Paris and the Carnation Revolution in Portugal . He also conducted numerous workshops for photographers in France.

Prizes and awards

Le Querrec received the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris in 1998 .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • L'Oeil de l'Elephant , 2006, Rencontres d'Arles
  • JAZZ de J à ZZ, 2003 , L'Espal, Le Mans
  • Rencontres internationales de D'Jazz , 2003, Nevers
  • JAZZ de J à ZZ , 2002, Centro de la Imagen, Braga
  • Big Foot Trail , 2002, Hermès Gallery, New York City

bibliography

  • On jazz. Créaphis, 2007, ISBN 978-2-913610-99-6 .
  • D'Jazz à Nevers  : chemins croisés. L'Armançon, 2006, ISBN 2-9510580-1-2 .
  • Le Chronatoscaphe. nato, 2005, ISBN 2-84907-574-4 (part of a CD box)
  • African flashback. Label Bleu, 2005 (part of a CD box)
  • On the Trail to Wounded Knee: The Big Foot Memorial Ride. Lyons Press, 2002, ISBN 1-58574-533-2 .
  • Jazz Light and Day. Federico Motta Editore, 2001.
  • At the piste de Big Foot. Foreword by Jim Harrison, text by Jean Rochard. Textuel, 2000, ISBN 2-84597-003-X .
  • Suites Africaines, Carnet de Routes. Label Bleu, 1999 (part of a CD box)
  • François Mitterrand: des temps de pose à l'Elysée. Paris, Marval, 1997, ISBN 2-86234-229-7 .
  • Jazz de J à ZZ. France: Marval, 1996
  • Carnet de Routes. Label Bleu, 1995 (part of a CD box)
  • Jazz comme une image, banlieues bleues. Paris, Scandéditions, 1993.
  • Musicales. Amiens, France: Trois Cailloux, 1991.
  • Tête à tête: Daniel Druet, un Sculpteur et ses modèles. Carrère, 1988.
  • Jazz sous les platanes. Vitrolles, Editions Java, 1984.
  • Portugal 1974–1975: Regards sur une tentative de pouvoir popular. Here & Demain, 1979.
  • Quelque Part. Paris, Contrejour, 1977, ISBN 2-85949-009-4 .

Filmography

  • La Republique nous appelle , 1984, FR3, France
  • Jazz Impressions , 1984.
  • Une minute pour une image (One minute for one image) , 1983.
  • L'ennemi intérieur , 1983, FR3, France
  • Le voyage de Rose , 1982.
  • Chasse à l'homme , TF1, France, 1981.
  • L'Oeil au Papier de Verre , 1979, FR3, France
  • La batterie ... vous rappelez pas? Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, Paris, France, 1979.
  • Les nouveaux créateurs (The New Creators) , 1978, TF1, France
  • Un repas de famille , Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, 1978.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Brief portrait (ONJ) ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.onj.org
  2. ↑ Monsieurphoto.free.fr
  3. ↑ L'Oeil de l'Éléphant: Jazz & Photography
personal data
SURNAME Le Querrec, Guy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French photographer and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris