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Serendipity.
Privilege to see my lith-printed photograph from 1998, “Mystères”, used for the official poster of the exhibition by Musée Réattu in Arles, France. Until October 1st 2023.
NEW STEP : COLLAGES
I had these collages in my body and soul for almost 10 years. I finally preserved some precious time to work hard on materializing them. The confinement in 2020, with a strange irony, just extended what has been a voluntary isolation period from October 2019 to early March 2020. Overall, I spent 99% of my time on my collages for 9 months. Necessary time for a delivery, you may say: exactly.
This is the very first collage I presented to an audience for the AVALANZ project on February 29th 2020.
Mixed media, including a cyanotype (2000, with Michele Hicks) and a photograph (2017, with Adam Russell-Jones) - size 92x65cm
Souvenir from my office.
Watercolor 1994 & cyanotype - Carmen Kaas at McQueen - 1997.
Now creating in my studio.
One day at a time.
10 years later : beautiful silver print by Hervé Caté. Leica photography.
APRIL 2019: Angel bowing to Teodor Currentzis, and vice-versa, just after the Requiem by Verdi in Vienna.
NYC, 2017 © Ann Ray
“Room N°10” © Ann Ray 2018
About the exhibition :
“Portraits-La Collection Florence et Damien Bachelot”
One photograph by Saul Leiter from the exhibition “Saul Leiter”
“Mystères”, 1998, Ann Ray in “Portraits, la collection Bachelot au Musée Réattu”
“Mystères”, 1998, Ann Ray
“Mystères”, 1998, Ann Ray
Exhibition : June 9 to July 30 2022
Book : Available in the Art section or at Yvon Lambert Bookshop, Paris
At Galerie Sabine Knust - Matthias Kunz, Munich.
October 15th until December 15th 2020.
Photography, film & collages.
New review in V Magazine - to coincide with RENDEZ-VOUS exhibition in Saint-Louis, USA
Ann Ray & Lee McQueen
To be seen at Barrett Barrera projects in Saint-Louis, USA
A 15 years body of work : portraits of overwhelming artists with the eyes closed. Revealed for the first time in 2019 at Ca Pesaro Museum, Venice, Italy, with a selection of 49 photographs - to be continued in 2020 in its full version: Photography, film & publication.
her & Now : See you in Venezia !
More at Ca Pesaro Museum page
Starting April 24th 2019. See you there !
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More information : Galerie de la Beraudière
Ann Ray is obsessed with transmission, and therefore is delighted to give her first Masterclass at Venezia-Photo in April 2019.
Join her for art & fun in an exquisite location : the island of San Servolo.
April 25th-28th 2019
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More information : Venezia-Photo
12 pages in INDIE magazine, Berlin.
In-depth review by Claire Guillot in LE MONDE
5th/6th of August edition.
Please listen full interview on RFI
6th of August 2018, full reading on W Magazine
5th of July - to be listened to on France Inter
With Sam Stourdzé, Director of the Rencontres d’Arles, Raymond Depardon, photographer, Prune Nourry, artist & Ann Ray.
Full article on ID-vice site.
The E-xhibition about art & craftsmanship at 21 Place Vendôme, Paris.
21 photographs © Ann Ray, January 2018 for Schiaparelli.
Carmen Kaas - © Ann Ray 2002
Lee McQueen AKA Alexander McQueen
© Ann Ray, 1999
Art for art, werk, press etc.
Sometimes it’s visceral to work for yourself.
To express yourself.
By all means, whatever it takes.
And that is the toughest work ever.
Palais Garnier, September 2018
September 2018
Principal Dancers Hugo Marchand & Amandine Albisson.
Program “Romeo & Juliette”, choreography by Sasha Waltz
Audric Bezard, Premier Danseur, March 2018 - Romeo & Juliette by Sasha Waltz
Visit the E-xhibition : Art for art - 21 analogue photographs © Ann Ray for Schiaparelli - Couture, January 2018.
Couture by Bertrand Guyon © Ann Ray 2018
July 2017. Sonya Yoncheva in “Tosca”.
“Play” by Alexander Ekman - October 2017, Paris
© Ann Ray 2017
© Ann Ray 2015
© Ann Ray 2013
© Ann Ray 2011 - Opéra de Paris
© Ann Ray 2010
The human factor.
Guillaume Diop, Principal Dancer at Paris Opera
The first session.
Erin O’Connor - © Ann Ray 1997
Lee Alexander McQueen © Ann Ray 2000
© Ann Ray 1998 - McQueen archive
Hand-painted Silver Print
Hand-painted silver print © Ann Ray 1995
© Ann Ray 2010
© Ann Ray 2007
© Ann Ray 2016
© Ann Ray 1998
Performance with Stephane Bullion, Principal dancer at Paris Opera.
24 hours of filming and photographing . Photography (book) & movie (texts by Ann Ray & Alexander Skora, music by Michael Nyman)
Adam Russell-Jones © Ann Ray 2017
Re-garder = keeping twice
Not about how you move - but why ?
With Adam Russell-Jones
Principal dancers at Paris Opera
Principal dancer at Paris Opera & Director of Paris Opera Ballet
Choreographer © Ann Ray 2015
© Ann Ray 2018
© Ann Ray 2017
Mats Ek, choreographer.
Alice, Principal Dancer at Paris Opera, rehearsing “Bella Figura” by Jiri Kylian.
© Ann Ray 2016
© Ann Ray 2017
© Ann Ray 2014
MOVIE & photography
Creative documentary - work in progress 2018-2019 - Step I
5 photographs : Adam Russell-Jones - © Ann Ray 2017
IMAGES
15 years project - work in progress - exhibition 2019
© Ann Ray 2013
HUMAN TO HUMAN
I know that all my works deal with human beings.
Whether they appear on the image, or not.
I could maybe define myself as a humanist photographer. Well, at least that’s my hope to be defined that way.
Anyway. All these images take place in a global life project ;
It’s a project about Hope, I guess…
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Prints available on request : please email at info@annray.art
San Francisco, 2022 © Ann Ray
San Francisco © Ann Ray 2022
San Francisco © Ann Ray 2022
Labyrinth
San Francisco © Ann Ray 2022
San Francisco © Ann Ray 2022
San Francisco © Ann Ray 2022
San Francisco © Ann Ray 2022
San Francisco © Ann Ray 2022
San Francisco © Ann Ray 2022
San Francisco, 2022 © Ann Ray
San Francisco, 2022 © Ann Ray - Prints available on request.
San Francisco, 2022 © Ann Ray
San Francisco, 2022 © Ann Ray
I have my rituals in a hotel room ( don’t we all ?)
First I get rid of all the hotel signs ( « no smoking, 500$ cleaning fee », « Only towels on the floor will be changed », etc…) and put them in a drawer, with any hotel brochure or bizarre book supposed to please everyone.
Then I sometimes move a little some furniture, to find my own harmony in this space designed to be a home far away from home.
Finally I unpack ( fully or not, depending on the length of stay ) and organize my stuff as I do at home, first putting a few significant books on the low table, easily reachable - afterwards I always have this thought when I open the wardrobe: who has been here before ? Who did the same gestures here ? If hangers could talk…
Ah oui !
If the window does not open, at all : I cannot stay. I become oppressed and claustrophobic. I changed hotel sometimes for that reason.
And of course a view is the cherry on the cake.
When all is ready, I open the bed and redo it in my way ( no comment, please ), then I can sit in silence, relax, and enjoy the first cup of coffee.
Needless to say, changing of room in the middle of a stay is not an option . When I settle down, I take root right away.
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San Francisco, 2022 © Ann Ray
© Ann Ray 2018, Opéra de Paris
© Ann Ray 2018
