Paris, Shanghai, New York, Tokyo, Rome… en trente villes et neuf atmosphères, les trois cents photographies du collectif Tendance Floue réunies dans cet ouvrage tracent les contours d’une ville contemporaine archétypale. Né de la collaboration initiée par Louis Vuitton pour la collection City Guide, cet ensemble dépasse son objet et dessine, au-delà de chaque écriture singulière, une ville globale, une ville-monde dans laquelle le lecteur est convié à un voyage fulgurant, mystérieux et stimulant, à une déambulation sensible et poétique.
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Tendance Floue
Founded in 1991, French photography collective
Tendance Floue was established in the wake of
anti‑globalisation movements with the idea of working
together, keeping its independence and conquering
a space of freedom without concessions. Over the
years, the collective has grown from 5 photographers
in 1991, to 11 in 1996, 14 in 2011 and 17 in 2018.
The collective identity has been maintained and joint
projects have become increasingly important.
Above and beyond their photographic aesthetics, all
Tendance Floue members share a point of view on the
world and an atypical sensibility. They wish to create
emotions rather than simply something to look at.
Tendance Floue sets itself apart from photography’s
central and obvious value of documenting the world,
preferring to constantly question it. The meeting and
confrontation of individual photographic styles within
the collective allow the field of examination to be
opened up, while enriching each member’s viewpoint
and particular sensibility, inspiring reflection rather
than imposing an answer. Twenty-nine years after its
creation, Tendance Floue is today recognised as an
important player in French photography, with major
institutions calling upon its collective creativity.
David Chandler
David Chandler is a writer, curator and editor.
He was assistant curator of photography at the
National Portrait Gallery, London (1982–1988);
head of exhibitions at The Photographers’ Gallery,
London (1988–1995); and director of Photoworks,
Brighton (1997–2010). He has written widely
on photography and the visual arts for numerous
books and journals, and has contributed a number
of important essays to monographs on leading
British and international photographers, including
Paul Graham, Jem Southam, Peter Fraser,
Rinko Kawauchi, Mark Power, Susan Derges,
Ori Gersht, Vanessa Winship and Tom Wood.
David is honorary professor of photography at
the University of Plymouth.
Muriel Enjalran
Muriel Enjalran is an art critic and curator who has
directed the CRP/Centre Régional de la Photographie
Hauts-de-France since 2015. Her field of research
involves the renewal of different artistic forms of
engagement in the public sphere. She is also interested
in the relationship and contribution of history to
images produced in an artistic context. Associate
curator of the first Biennale de Belleville (2010)
and Arts in Marrakech (AiM) International
Biennale (2009), Muriel Enjalran is a specialist in the
work of Hamish Fulton. Since 2012 she has been part of
New York-based Independent Curators International
(ICI) and was awarded a residency at the Hyde Park Art
Center in Chicago in 2015. She is currently pursuing
her exploration of socially engaged artistic practices.