biografia di Guy LE QUERREC (1941)
Professional data
Work and Life
1977:Member of the Magnum agency since then
1972:Co-founder of Viva photo agency
1969:Photojournalist for the french magazine “Jeune Afrique”
1967:Starts working as a professional photographer
Takes his first pictures of jazz musicians in London in the late 1950s
Starts photography at the age of 17
Prizes
1998
1998 : Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris – Paris, France
Awarded by : Ville de Paris – 4, rue Lobau – Paris, France
Other professions
Reporter
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : Black & white photograph
Subject
performing artsmusic
Movements and styles
PhotojournalismSolo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
1999
“Aux films des jours”, 30 years of photography
Hillside Forum – Tokyo, Japan
03/09/1999 – 03/22/1999
1998
Guy Le Querrec – Jazz de J à ZZ
Galerie-Musée Alexis et Gustav-Adolf Mossa – Nice, France
07/04/1998 – 08/23/1998
1996
Galerie Photo Fnac Etoile – Paris, France
09/1996 – 11/1996
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2003
Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Magnum Photos – 19 rue Hegesippe Moreau – Paris, France
Festivals
1991
Les Tombées de la Nuit
Rennes, France
1991
Group exhibitions
2002
Le Photojournalisme à Paris
Salons Aguado, Mairie du 9ème arrondissement – Paris, France
10/17/2002 – 11/13/2002
La Fotografia tra Storia e Poesia: La Collezione Fotografica della FNAC
Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia – Turin TO, Italy
05/23/2002 – 07/28/2002
2001
Enquête d’instemps – XII° Biennale Internationale de l’Image de Nancy
Nancy, France
04/13/2001 – 05/01/2001