Art Criticism and Writing | MFA Program

Saturday January 12th, 2008
Filed under Spring 2008

Chris Marker at Peter Blum

Chris Marker, Zoo Besancon, Photograph mounted on aluminum, 17 1/2 x 27 7/8 inches, Printed 2007. Courtesy Peter Blum Gallery, New York.

Chris Marker is an acknowledged master of montage, and although still imagery has figured prominently in his films since 1963, when he directed the iconic science fiction parable, La Jeteé, his photographs have just been shown for the first time. These portraits and group shots crackle with the contrast between black and white, society and individual.

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