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Printed in 1997, and offered for the first time, this 16” x 20” silver gelatin print marks the first time gelatin silver prints were made of this negative. The photo was taken in 1971 in Paris on the occasion of the first feminist demonstration in France post-1968.
Value: $14,000
Photo Description
The first feminist demonstration in France after the 1968 protests/movement. Women in the feminist movement from different organizations were disappointed by the failures of 1968 and placed the guilt on the Old World and on the patriarchy. This demonstration was against leftist organizations and their unfulfilled promises.
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Gilles Peress Bio
Gilles Peress started using photography to create museum installations and books in 1971, having previously studied political science and philosophy in Paris. His ongoing project, Hate Thy Brother, looks at similitude and difference and its consequences in ethnic conflicts. Peress’s books include Whatever You Say, Say Nothing, Telex Iran; The Silence: Rwanda; Farewell to Bosnia; The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar; A Village Destroyed; and Haines. Peress’s work has been exhibited in and collected by institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art in New York; Getty Museum in Los Angeles; V&A in London; Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris; and Museum Folkwang, Essen; among others. Peress is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts grants, Pollock-Krasner and New York State Council of the Arts fellowships, W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography, and International Center of Photography Infinity Award. Peress joined Magnum Photos in 1971 and has served three times as vice president and twice as president of the cooperative.