Dear all,

A selection of hand-painted prints from Howling Winds (2019) will be featured in the group exhibition Model Animal, 200 Years of Photography, curated by Nathalie Herschdorfer.

Companion, research subject, symbol, mirror, or fantasy, animals have never left the photographers’ frame since the invention of the medium. Animal Model takes us on a voyage through two centuries of images that reveal how photography has shaped our view of animals and profoundly influenced the ways we love, exploit, or defend them. It highlights the overwhelming presence of animals in the collective imagination. Together, these representations form a visual panorama of exceptional diversity, inviting us to rethink the boundaries between human and animal, gaze and image, as well as reality and its representation.

Modèle Animal, 200 Years of Photography
6 July – 4 October 2027
La Mécanique Générale
Opening hours: 9.30 am – 7.30 pm

I’ll be in Arles on 8 and 9 July. I look forward to seeing those of you who are visiting the festival this year.

All the best,
Vasantha