Luc Delahaye

Luc Delahaye (born 1962 in Tours, France) is a French photographer. Since 1989 Delahaye worked as a war photographer. Some years he was a member of the Magnum photo agency. In its publication " History" (2003) he published photographs documenting his renunciation of photojournalism. It moves in the same subject area as before - the crises of our time in the Middle East, Palestine and Eastern Europe. Now, however, he creates a few large-scale tableaux that take a concise historical situation in the tradition of history painting. His aesthetic remains the means of photojournalism committed. The individual receiving leads but starting from the described moment, to an understanding of its historical significance.

Solo exhibitions (selection )

• 2006 Sprengel Museum, Hannover
• 2005 La Maison Rouge, Paris
• 2004 " History". The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA
• 2004 " Fragments of History". Huis Marseille, Amsterdam "History and Winterreise". National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford, UK

2003 "History". Ricco / Maresca Gallery, New York, N. Y.

Publications (selection )

• Philippe Blondez (ed.): Découverture. With contributions by François Weyergans, François Dagognet, Peter Greenaway, Luc Delahaye. Paris: Paris Musées 2006 ( Bil Bo K, N ° 27). ISBN 2-9526046-0-6
• Luc Delahaye: History. Text by Eugenia Parry. London: Chris Boot 2003 ISBN 0-9542813-1-4.
• Luc Delahaye: Une ville. Le quartier du Mirail in Toulouse. Paris: Xavier Barral, 2003 ISBN 2-915173-00-1.
• Luc Delahaye: Winterreise. London 2000. ISBN 0-7148-3997-3
• Luc Delahaye: Memo. Paris: Hazan 1997 ISBN 2-85025-583-1.