The Pass’temps cultural center in Malestroit in Morbihan hosts the temporary exhibition Morbihan, islands in winter of Guillaume Herbaut until Saturday March 1, 2025. The professional photographer sets off to discover the treasures of the department. Visitors are invited to immerse themselves in the fascinating world of the islands.
The theme of the exhibition Morbihan, islands in winter is the winter season in Morbihan Islands. The work of Guillaume Herbaut explores the raw beauty of the territory, when the cold has made its appearance, when the storms come to sweep the coasts, when the islanders finally find each other, because the summer visitors and festival-goers have left! This photo essay shows the true face and wild nature of these pieces of land. “ We are from an island more than a country, because insularity goes beyond nationality and forges the characters. The islanders are not living room people. » They have a reserved, rebellious, sometimes taciturn character and live in harmony with a demanding environment.
The exhibition sheds light on a world apart, that of the islanders like the 250 inhabitants of theHouat Island off the coast of Quiberon (56) with its wild nature, and those of the authentic and picturesque neighboring island of Hoedic who live on a piece of land 2.5 km long and 1 km wide, where people almost only move around on foot. These two islands face the ocean, protected by a succession of cliffs; these are the land of sailors without cars. With theMonks Island which watches over the Breton lands, these three little corners of paradise delight the 3000 tourists who come in the summer to recharge their batteries far from the continent.
Guillaume Herbaut captures the real life whipped by the waves, the daily life of this population dependent on the continent for the boat shuttles which take the youngest to their college, and the others to supplies. Living on an island all year round requires submitting to the climate, winds and currents…
Biography:
Born on December 1, 1970 in Suresnes in Hauts-de-Seine, Guillaume Herbaut is one of the co-founders of public eye collective in 1995, before becoming a photojournalist at Agence Vu in Paris. He lives and works in the capital. In addition to commissions for the press, he was a Laureate of the Fondation de France in 1999 and his work focuses on places steeped in history and memory. His documentation work leads him to immortalize invisible tragedies: at Auschwitz in Poland, at Nagasaki in Japan, at Chernobyl and more recently the conflict in Ukraine, for which he was the winner, out of 18 applications, of the Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière Photography Prize 2024 from the Academy of Fine Arts.
His book Ukraine, Desired Land was released in October 2022 by Textuel. The book traces the roots of a conflict through twenty years of reporting, from the Orange Revolution and that of Maidan, through the annexation of Crimea, the war in Donbass in 2014 and until the Russian invasion of 2021. Guillaume Herbaut exhibited Ukraine: a painful history at La Galerie, 15 rue de Seine in Paris, in March 2022.
-His photographs have been exhibited at Visa pour l'Image; at the Jeu de Paume, at the Maison Rouge and at the Grande Arche du photojournalisme in Paris, at the Rencontres d'Arles (13), at the Gacilly photo festival (56). He received two World Press Photo, including one in March 2022 for his book Ukraine, Land desired; the 2011 Niépce prize; a Gold Visa; the Bayeux-Calvados war correspondent prize in 2016, etc.
In May 2024, Guillaume Herbaut is the second winner of the photographic residency at the Paris Army Museum; he suggests The Flaga project in resonance with the opening of the new course The Hôtel des Invalides, between history and memories.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Exposition Morbihan, islands in winter from the photographer Guillaume Herbautuntil Saturday March 1, 2025.
Le Pass'Temps Cultural Center5 and 7 rue Sainte-Anne in Malestroit (56)
02 97 75 18 15 or [email protected]
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