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Room 207 by Jean-Michel André: Photography as a Tool for Reconstruction

Under the centuries-old vaults of Lille’s Hospice Comtesse museum (France), Chambre 207 (Room 207) by Jean-Michel André, winner of the Nadar Award 2024, plunges into the intimacy of a family tragedy: the murder of his father in 1983, during a robbery in Avignon. Through a sensitive and poetic reconstruction, the artist explores the themes of grief, memory and resilience.

August 5, 1983 is a date that remains engraved in the memory of Jean-Michel André, then aged 7. That night, while staying with his father at a Sofitel hotel in Avignon (South of France), a one-night stopover with his family on the way to a vacation i...

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Jonas Cuénin

Jonas Cuénin works as managing director at Blind and has previously been working as editor-in-chief at the magazines L’Oeil de la Photographie and Camera.

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