Worlds in common: the new photo festival at the Albert-Kahn departmental museum

Installed at Boulogne-Billancourt, THE Albert-Kahn departmental museum houses a surprising collection of photographs, which constitute the “archives of the planet“: an inventory of living things, a phenomenal project which aimed to immortalize and show the world as it was at the beginning of the 20th century.

Building on this heritage, the Albert Kahn Museum decided to create his own photography festivalin order to bring the spirit and dream of the collector to life, while giving pride of place to contemporary artists. Thus, from June 1 to September 22, 2024, you can admire in the museum the works of 11 contemporary photographers, exhibited as part of the festival Worlds in common.

This festival creates links between past and present, between the museum collections and the young generation of photographers. Each artist was charged with “representing reality”, as he sees it, as he experiences it. Humans and societies, nature, historical heritage, popular traditions: the world is revealed through these photos exhibited in the museum garden.

A price special is awarded to one of the participating photographers. This year, the jury of professionals rewarded Thierry Ardouin, with a special mention for Anaïs Tondeur.

The invited artists for this 2024 edition:

• Thierry Ardouin (France) – Stories of seeds (Prix des Amis 2024)
• Aurore Bagarry (France) – Glaciers
• Maryam Firuzi (Iran) – In the shadows of silent women
• Nicolas Floc’h (France) – Initium maris
• Sanna Kannisto (Finland) – Observing eye
• Daniel Meadows (Great Britain) – The free photographic Omnibus
• Yan Morvan (France) – Battlefields
• Bertrand Stofleth (France) – Atlantides / Hyperdays / Reglue the mountain
• Eric Tabuchi & Nelly Monnier (France) – Atlas of Natural Regions
• Anaïs Tondeur (France) – Chernobyl Herbarium
• Antonio Jimenez Saiz (Belgium) – Felix

The program of events for this edition:

• Saturday June 1st
  Opening night
  • 7-7:45 p.m.
    Reading-performance with Anaïs Tondeur
  • 7:30 p.m.-8 p.m.
    Meeting with Bertrand Stofleth
  • 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
    Round table “Taking inventory”
  • 9:30 p.m.-10:15 p.m.
    Meeting with Eric Tabuchi and Nelly Monnier
  • 10 p.m.-11 p.m.
    Projection on the greenhouse
  • 10:30 p.m.-11:15 p.m.
    Meeting with Thierry Ardouin
• Sunday June 23
  • 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
    Guided tour of the exhibitions of the Mondes en commune festival
  • 2 p.m.
    Visit-meeting around photographic publishing with Thierry Ardouin, Aurore Bagarry, and Anaïs Tondeur
• Sunday August 25
  11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
  Guided tour of the exhibitions of the Mondes en commune festival
• Saturday September 21
  3 p.m.
  Phytography workshop for families with Anaïs Tondeur

An artistic and poetic event that should appeal to many photography lovers!