Bruno Latour was een Frans filosoof vooral bekend omwille van zijn boeken over de relativiteit van de wetenschappen.
Je kan Latours filosofie nog het best samenvatten aan de hand van zijn eigen dictum ‘wetenschap is politiek met andere middelen’, een citaat uit Pasteur: Guerre et paix des microbes (1984).
Continue readingWilliam Klein (1926 – 2022) was an American-French photographer and film director.
He is known for such photos as Broadway and 103rd Street, New York, 1954–1955 and films such as Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966), Mr. Freedom (1969) and The Model Couple (1977).
Klein was unassuming, unpretentious and had a healthy dose of humor. Here at Jahsonic we have lots of sympathy for mr. Klein. He strikes us as a nobrow artist, a category we hold in high esteem.
Just Jaeckin was a French film director known for his soft porn films during what is known as the golden age of porn in the 1970s.
He directed Emmanuelle (1974), Story of O (1975) and Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1981).
His film adaptation of Lady Chatterley was produced by Cannon, the story of which is told in Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014).
He can be seen in that documentary from 17:10 for a minute or two.
The story of Cannon is interesting, the docu well made.
Irina Ionesco was a French photographer whose five minutes of fame were gained by photographing her daughter in suggestive poses and settings.
The story of the relationship with her daughter is told by the latter in My Little Princess (2011).
Jean-Louis Trintignant was a French actor who worked with all European art house directors between the 1950s and the 2000s. He is known for his economic acting.
Here he is in My Night at Maud’s (1969):
BDSM-wise (let’s, shall we?) two films come to mind.
Continue readingJacques Villeglé was a French mixed-media artist best known for his work in décollage, the process of tearing (lacerating) posters from city walls revealing other posters underneath, thus arriving at new compositions.
His work Ach Alma Manetro (1949) is in the Centre Pompidou.
Catherine Spaak was a French actress and singer, known for her work in Italian sex comedies such as The Libertine (1968).
Thierry Mugler was a French fashion designer known for his avant-garde, architectural, hyperfeminine and theatrical approach to haute couture.
My personal connection to Mugler is me seeing his photos (or was it one photo?) taken at the Tafraout site with the rocks painted by Jean Vérame. This was at the Animism exhibion at the MuKHA in 2010.
That photo can be seen in Thierry Mugler, Photographer (1988) by Thierry Mugler.
Christian Boltanski was a French artist working in sculpture, photography, painting, and filmmaking, known for such works as Personnes (2010).