Monique Jacot

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Monique Jacot (born August 19, 1934 in Neuchâtel NE , resident in Donatyre VD) is a former Swiss photographer and artist. In 2005 she was awarded the “Grand prix de la photography” from the Vaudois Cultural Foundation, which only Marcel Imsand and Luc Chessex received before her .

Life

Jacot is the daughter of a sales manager. From 1953 to 1956 she completed the photography class with Gertrude Fehr at the École de photographie in Vevey . After working three years as a reportage photographer in Zurich for “ Die Woche ”, “ Annabelle ”, “ Du ”, “La Semaine de la Femme” and other publications, Jacot became a freelance photojournalist in 1959 . From 1967 to 1970 she was on photo trips for the World Health Organization (WHO). Her reports have appeared in magazines such as “Du”, “ Camera ”, “Geo”, “Stern”, “Elle”, “Vogue”, “ Réalités ”, “ L'illustré ” and “ Schweizer Illustrierte ”. From 1989 to 2005 she took part in the “L'Enquête photographique en Valais” project. In 2000 Jacot lived in Cairo- Shabramant and realized her project «Passages».

Jacot set her focus on social and cultural issues and is considered a representative of “humanistic photography”. From a major project from 1984 to 1999 on the living conditions of women in agriculture and industry, three photo volumes resulted. The exhibition and photo book "Printemps de femmes - We are so free" thematized the protest movement of Swiss women from the women's strike in 1991 to the demonstrations in 1993 . Since 2000, her visual language has become more abstract. She experimented with color polaroid transfers and produced series of photograms in which images are exposed without a camera. The Swiss Photo Foundation in Winterthur dedicated a retrospective to Jacot in 2005 and is preserving her life's work.

Jacot was married to the photographer and director Yvan Dalain (1927-2007).

Awards

  • Grand prix de la Fondation vaudoise pour la culture, 2005.
  • Federal Prize for Design / Federal grant, 1974.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions
  • FNAC Montparnasse, Paris 1975
  • UN High Commissioner for Refugees , Geneva 1976
  • Swiss Foundation for Photography in the Kunsthaus, Zurich 1980/1981: "Reportage" and "Paysages intérieurs"
  • Work Gallery, Lausanne 1982
  • Gallery Photo Art, Basel 1987
  • Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne 1989: "Femmes de la terre"
  • MJC Saint-Gervais, Geneva 1994: "Printemps de femmes"
  • Biennale Internationale de l'Image, Nancy 1994
  • Galerie de la Poste, Riex 1995: "Transferts Polaroid"
  • Center Culturel Neuchâtelois, Neuchâtel 1996
  • Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne 1999: "Cadences - L'usine au féminin"
  • Center Valaisan de l'Image et du Son, Martigny 2000
  • CHUV , Lausanne 2000: "Les années cinquante"
  • Art Museum, Olten 2001
  • Musée Suisse de l'Appareil Photographique, Vevey 2002: "Mise à jour"
  • Photoforum PasquArt, Biel 2002: "Made in Egypt"
  • Musée d'Ethnographie , Geneva 2003
  • Swiss Photo Foundation, Winterthur 2005: "Monique Jacot - Retrospective"
  • Arts et Lettres Gallery, Vevey 2012: "Pas de caméra"
  • The Hidden Museum , Berlin 2014/2015.
Group exhibitions
  • Photographers' Gallery, London 1974
  • Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lausanne 1976
  • Museum Bellerive , Zurich 1978
  • Palais de Tokyo , Paris 1984: "Regards sur l'art"
  • La Fotografia, Turin 1985: "European Women Photographers Today"
  • Photokina , Cologne 1986
  • Institut du monde arabe , Paris 1987: "Sanaa, Yemen"
  • Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lausanne 1988
  • Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Friborg 1991
  • City Bank, Long Island City USA 1992
  • The Oriental Gallery, Beijing 1995: "PasquArt en Chine"
  • Forum of Swiss History, Schwyz 1998: «Seitenblicke. Switzerland 1848 to 1998 - a photochronic »
  • Museum Tinguely , Basel 1999: «Photographers see Jean Tinguely»
  • Townhouse, Cairo 2002: “Made in Egypt. 4 Women 4 Views »
  • The Hidden Museum, Berlin 2012/2013
  • Artef Gallery for Art Photography, Zurich 2013: "A Selection of Vintage and Contemporary Photographs".

Publications (selection)

  • Femmes de la terre. - Women in the country . Le Mont-sur-Lausanne 1989. ISBN 2-88100-011-8 .
  • Printemps de femmes. - We are so free 1991-1993 . Geneva 1994. ISBN 2-88100-008-8 .
  • Cadences. L'usine au feminin. - Factory workers. Life in Chord 1999.
  • À jour . Le Mont-sur-Lausanne 2002. ISBN 2-88100-014-2 .

Filmography

  • Repérages / role-playing games by Michel Soutter . 1977 (photographer)
  • Photosuisse. Monique Jacot . 2004 (TV documentary)
  • Monique Jacot. Grande Dame of Swiss Photography . (CD-ROM) Swiss Radio DRS 2, 2005
  • Monique Jacot. Photography et poésie . (DVD) Canal 9, 2006.

literature

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ Daniel Girardin in Sikart and Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz.
  2. ↑ The Historical Dictionary of Switzerland Yvan D called e lain as a husband.
personal data
SURNAME Jacot, Monique
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss photographer and artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuchâtel NE