AT THE GALLERY
“The children’s room was number 207: that’s where I left my memories and my childhood.”
With Chambre 207, Jean-Michel André continues his photographic approach, blending politics and poetry to examine borders, memory, and the shifting nature of territories. This project addresses universal themes woven throughout his work—absence, lack, and the quest for healing. Rooted in an autofictional vein, it draws on a reimagined memory born from a profound childhood trauma.
In this previously unseen series, the photographer revisits the memories of the night that upended his life, as well as the vanished memory of his father. Chambre 207 takes shape as a visual narrative, oscillating between “reconstitution and reconstruction,” as described by photography historian Clément Chéroux.
NEWS
PUBLICATIONS
Aurore BAGARRY
De la côte
2025
Publisher : GwinZegal
Texts by : Philippe Boulvais, Vava Dudu, and Jérome Sother
For the past fifteen years, Aurore Bagarry has been photographing the sculptural formations of glaciers in the Alps, the rocky shores of the English Channel, and more recently, the Atlantic coasts—ranging from the Gironde and Brittany to Martinique and Guadeloupe.
Aurore Bagarry’s landscape photographs go beyond geological documentation; they open a dialogue between the interior and the exterior, pointing toward an immensity whose forces exceed us.
Jean-Michel ANDRÉ
Chambre 207
Prix Nadar 2024
Publisher : Actes Sud
Afterword : Clément Chéroux
In this visual essay rooted in autofiction, Jean-Michel André travels in search of vanished memories. Blending elements of investigation, archives, and family heirlooms with his own photographs, he composes a collection that questions memory, mourning, and healing.
The author reveals a poignant story—one that is open to all.
