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in 'Exteriors - Annie Ernaux & Photography'
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Exteriors ? Annie Ernaux & Photography celebrates the dynamic relationship between photography and the writing of Annie Ernaux. Winner of the Nobel Prize of Literature, Annie Ernaux is known for her social and feminist commitment and her ability to explore universal themes such as memory, identity and the human condition. Her precise style and emotional analysis have made her a major figure in contemporary literature. It combines texts from Ernaux's book Exteriors (Journal du dehors), 1993 - a record of happenings on trains, shops and streets in-and-around Cergy-Pontoise between 1985 and 1992 - with more than one hundred and fifty images from the MEP collection by major photographers such as Harry Callahan, Claude Dityvon, Dolorès Marat, Daido Moriyama, Janine Niepce, Issei Suda, Henry Wessel and Bernard Pierre Wolff, amongst others. The image selection covers the second half of 20th century and includes photographs mostly taken in France but also in England, Japan, USA and other countries.