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Sigmar Polke’s photographic Infamies

September 13 - December 22, 2019

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DEFY THE ANTERIOR BLACK, APPEARANCE OF GHOSTS

MEETING AND PERFORMANCE

Thursday, November 21th - 8PM

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Last Film Cycle

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Contaminated cinema

Film cycle around the exhibition "Sigmar Polke's Photographic infamies"

Tuesday, October 8th and November 26th, 2019

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About La Fabrique du regard 

"At a time when any excuse will do for taking pictures and circulating them, it is important to offer young people an education for the eye. To get them to think of the world in images, to become conscious observers"

Raymond Depardon – LE BAL founding president

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Educational programs

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ERSILIA

Plateforme numérique d’éducation à l’image - Jeunes de 11 à 18 ans, enseignants, artistes, journalistes, écrivains…

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Regards croisés

6-12 year-old pupils

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Mon journal du monde

11-15 year-old students from junior high schools

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Mon oeil !

From 15 to 18 year-old high school students

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Exhibition of the youth creations 2016/2017

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L'image, événement intérieur

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LE BAL Books is a bookshop specialized in photobooks, with contemporary, self-published, out-of-print rare books. Its catalog proposes 2000 references and a careful and international selection of classic books and reprints, together with rare books and limited editions.

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    La Faille / The Fault

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    Luc Chessex

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    Valparaiso

    Sergio Larrain

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    36 views

    Fyodor Telkov

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    Common Object

    Lewis Baltz

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    ROLLING PAPER #3

    August 30, 31 & septembre 1, 2019
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    THE PHOTO FANZINE

    THURSDAY, JUNE 13 - 20h
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    Daniel Shea : Ex-Nihilo

    THURSDAY 23 MAY - 19h30
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    Thomas Demand : The Complete Papers

    THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2019 - 19h
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    PROVOKE & THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE PHOTO MAGAZINES

    Saturday November 10, 2018 - 7:30 PM

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Chris Killip / What Happened

Great-Britain 1970 -1990

May 12 - August 19, 2012

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I AM, YOU ARE, WE ARE L'EUROPE

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In Flagrante - Chris Killip

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Exhibition

FOTO/GRÁFICA

A new history of Latin American photography books

January 20 - April 8, 2012

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Fear no thunder, nor lightning

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A NEW GENERATION OF LATIN-AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHERS

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Books on Books

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West (Aléatoires)

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Topography of War

September 17 - December 18, 2011

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The Family of Man

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Covert Operations and Classified Landscapes

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Do we agree?

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Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency

Current Exhibition

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Sigmar Polke’s photographic Infamies

September 13 - December 22, 2019

Recently at BAL LAB

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DEFY THE ANTERIOR BLACK, APPEARANCE OF GHOSTS

MEETING AND PERFORMANCE

Thursday, November 21th - 8PM

Recently at la Fabrique du Regard

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Exhibition of the youth creations 2016/2017

Image/action

Thursday June 1st, 2017 - La Fémis

Recently at BAL BOOKS

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ROLLING PAPER #3

Independent photo book fair

August 30, 31 & septembre 1, 2019

LE BAL CAFÉ X OTTO

LE BAL PAPER