In the field of photography, François Halard occupies a singular place, that of a great interior architecture photographer nourished by a passion for antique and archaeological fragments, 18th-century decors, the abstract and radical paintings of modernity, and the experimental and documentary photography of the 1920s.

How do you tell and capture what's in front of you? François Halard confronts the unspeakable, which is the photographer's irresolvable test, in the same way as a painter does, using brushwork, blur, low-key lighting and successive shots, as if to give texture and skin to everything he captures.

Since the 1980s, François Halard has been photographing the studios and homes of artists, architects and collectors. The publication of his book, François Halard 3: New Vision, provides an opportunity to discuss his perception of these creative spaces and his relationship with photography, painting and architecture.

Dialogue with the artist Thomas Fougeirol, and Alain Berland.

As part of PhotoSaintGermain, in partnership with Beaux-Arts de Paris.

Penser le Présent is supported by Société Générale.

Amphithéâtre des Loges - 14 rue Bonaparte, Paris 6

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