Éloge de combats ordinaires

According to a practice called "the image by image," Catherine Poncin freely reinterprets documentary left the deposit in 1910 by photographer Ernest Mésière or he came to the Society of alsacienne engineering (SACM) from Belfort, photograph the plant his staff which he asked to pose in a row of onions, such as at school or with their machines in the workshop.
Photographs of C. Poncin us into a world where man and machine seem to form one body, leading to regular tirelessly fighting for modernity. The artist auscultation and scans the faces, bodies, places and machines of this class. It makes them "speak", is attached to a fragment, the collection, featuring mentally re-photography, photomontage and invented a poetic.
Present since 1879 in Belfort, the SACM (predecessor of Alstom) employs over 4 500 workers in 1911. It produces locomotives and steam turbines and generators for electricity in central and DC motors and AC.

Coproducer

Conseil général du Territoire de Belfort

Released

27/06/2008

Collection

Hors Collection

Format

245 x 220

Broché

41 duo tone photos

48 pages

ISBN : 978-2-35046-137-3

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Catherine Poncin

Artiste, Photographe, Plasticien

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Poncin Catherine is a photographer. She lives and works in Montreuil and in Lozère Soulages. His photographic approach pursued; of the picture, the image is built from fragments of images found on markets in the archive or by voice classifieds.

She has published 12 books in Filigranes: Monographie Catherine Poncin ; Détournement d’Intention ; Du champs des hommes, territoires ; Sans conte, ni légendes ; Eclats ; Vertiges ; Vis à vis ; Corpus ; 1418. échos, versos et graphies de batailles ; Archives d’un présent.

Magali Jauffret

Auteur, Journaliste

Magali Jauffret is a journalist, critic, and author specializing in contemporary photography.
She was a long-time contributor to the French daily L’Humanité, where she reported on cultural affairs with a particular focus on visual arts, socially engaged practices, and the unique voices of photographers.

Her writing—both precise and thoughtful—has accompanied the work of numerous artists, offering insight into their creative processes, artistic legacies, and thematic concerns.
She has authored texts for several books published by Filigranes Editions, including Tout peut arriver (Gilbert Garcin), Corinne Mercadier, Sur la plage (Sylvie Hugues), and Éloge de combats ordinaires (Catherine Poncin).

Through her work, Magali Jauffret champions a form of criticism that is both committed and open to personal narratives as well as the quiet struggles of everyday life.