Louis Faurer, the Melancholy Watcher

Les Douches la Galerie, in Paris, presents about twenty of Louis Faurer’s prints, mainly in the streets of New York, between 1937 and 1950. The “The Melancholy Watcher” exhibition is the quintessence of his art.

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- October 18, 2022

by Sophie Bernard

Sensible and strange are among the many words that describe what made Louis Faurer's gaze so unique. Born in 1916 in Philadelphia, he remains less known in France than Helen Levitt, Robert Frank or William Klein, who also worked in the streets. With ...

Sophie Bernard

Sophie Bernard is a journalist specializing in photography, a contributor to La Gazette de Drouot and Le Quotidien de l'Art, a curator, and a teacher at EFET in Paris.

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