Fnac unveils its photo department in an exhibition and a beautiful book

Fnac unveils its photo department in an exhibition and a beautiful book
Fnac unveils its photo department in an exhibition and a beautiful book

Lutz Dille. Toronto, Canada, 1964.
THE ESTATE OF LUTZ DILLE/COURTESY STEPHEN BULGER GALLERY. (ACQUISITION 1993). FNAC PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION/DEPOSIT AT THE NICÉPHORE-NIÉPCE MUSEUM, CITY OF CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE

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Critique The cultural brand celebrates photography with the publication of a book bringing together a selection of its collection of images and an exhibition at Photo, from November 7 to 10.

Fnac has always rhymed with clic clac (thanks Kodak). When it was created, in July 1954, the National Executive Purchasing Federation aimed to offer its consumers (who are also its members) photo equipment at knockdown prices. If the brand then launched into the distribution of records and then , transforming the distribution circuit of cultural goods, the link with the image continued to develop with the establishment of photographic exhibitions in the 1970s

In Paris, the European House of Photography (1996) or the Jeu de Paume (2004) do not yet exist. Fnac stores are then the main places where the public can see photography. Almost systematically, the prints presented are purchased in order to constitute a memory of this programming. This collection of 1800 snapshots, deposited in 2014 at the Nicéphore-Niépce museum in Chalon-sur-Saône (Saône-et-), is now…

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