Bernard Descamps, Encounters

January 29 to April 19, 2020, Galerie Le Château d'Eau, Toulouse, France

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Under the title "Encounters” gallery Château d 'Eau presents a retrospective weaving links through the work of French photographer Bernard Descamps, from his first photographs to the new series "Natura".

Bernard Descamps became a photographer in the 1970's. A former biologist, he co-founded Agence VU in 1986. Today he is represented by Galerie Camera Obscura, in Paris, and the Box Galerie in Brussels.

His work is exhibited in several galleries and museums including the French National Library, Georges Pompidou Centre of Paris, Leverkusen Museum in Germany, Bunkamura gallery in Tokyo, and Camera Work in San Fransisco. He was the co-founder and co-artistic director of the first Festival of African Photography in Bamako in 1994. His work has been published in several books, notably "Japan" (2000), "Silences - Lieux sacrés de l'Inde du sud" (2008), and "lady land" (2009) among others.

©All pictures Bernard Descamps (1.Pêcheur Vietnam Vung Lau, 2002, 2. , Islande, 2011, 3. Magagascar 2009, 4. Zoo de Bale, 1979)