Space walks helmet, international space station, ilc dover, nasas space suits supplier, phase vi space station space gloves, ilc, nasas space suits supplier, frederica, delaware, usa, 2017. The space project phase vi space gloves used on the international space station, custom made for. A graduate of the national school of photography in arles in 1997, his work is regularly exhibited in galleries, museums and international festivals, rencontres darles in 2012, netherlands architecture institute in. These imagined sets come to life in vincents 2019 book, space utopia, itself a nod. The space project by vincent fournier robotspacebrain. French photographer vincent fournier has put together a vast collection of photos under the name space project.
Advantage by fournier, raymond and vincent presno by fournier, raymond and vincent presno by fournier, raymond and vincent presno. Landing at the london art fair for a fourday stint this month, frenchborn, brusselsbased photographer vincent fournier s space project tackles the unknown world of space explorationhead on. Readers are given access to confidential locations and projects such as the nasa sls. Vincent fournier fournier, vincent used books, rare books and new books find all books by vincent fournier and compare prices find signed collectible books by vincent fournier french. Vincent traveled around the world to capture space training facilities which were left mostly in a state of abandonment. Parisbased sculptor and photographer vincent fournier goes behind the scenes of space exploration in his book space utopia.
Observe stars, travel in the space, build new worlds, make the alive or reprogram it, see beyond the visible the work of vincent fournier proposes a journey in some of the most. Vincent fourniers visionary photographs provide an imaginative look at space. Feb 12, 2012 vincent fournier, 1970, france, is an imagemaker who combines documentary and staged photography. Vincent fournier space utopia the eye of photography magazine. Space is humanitys great adventure, a leap into the void, into the dark light, beyond the protective atmosphere of the earth and the gravity that connects us to it. Space project is a subjective inventory of the most representative places, objects or situations regarding.
Vincent fournier has published the books tour operator ad design 2007, space project verlhac 2008, past forward 360 2012, brasilia bepoles 20 and the post natural history boxbepoles 20. Isetan department store tokyo, space project, september 2014. Vincent fournier demonstrates that truth is at least as strange as fiction with his space project debuting at the london art fair this month. For the last ten years, he has been traveling the world searching for places, situations or meetings related to space exploration. Born in 1970, vincent fournier lives and works in paris. Vincent fournier portrays with aestheticism and poetry the history of space exploration, from the apollo and sputnik programs to the future mars mission of nasa. But french photographer vincent fournier isnt really all that interested in space in the traditional sense. Space project a fine art photography exhibition by artist vincent fournier dates and times. It is a photographic archive of the most representative space organizations in the world.
Vincent fournier s space project explores humanitys yearning for worlds beyond our own. Ideas come quickly, sometimes they are memories of situations from movies or things i have s. You can see vincent s work everywhere from the metropolitan museum of art in new york to the centre pompidou in paris to mori art museum in tokyo. The series evokes the blurring of science fiction, imagination, reality and dreams. The collection of photographs, made from 2007 to 2017, show space. Vincent fournier s space project is a lot of fun to look at because hes traveled to many of the worlds most important space centers, from florida to french guiana, photographing whatever piques. Space utopia photographer vincent fournier on 2001. Vincent fournier space project 2007 space stations from around the world nasa location spaceship design space projects space center science geek gadgets training center outer space astronomy. He began his career as a commercial photographer doing advertising photography for banks and insurance companies and that kind of thing until he decided to concentrate on his art work some five years ago. A regular wallpaper contributer over the years, fournier. Le bon marche, paris, 20 exhibition of the brasilia series in the department store. French fine art photographer vincent fournier documents both the past and future of space exploration and travel in space utopia, the culmination of a project that spanned a decade, from 2007 to 2017. His ongoing series entitled space project reflects his fascination for the space age. Space utopia photographer vincent fournier on 2001, nasa, and.
The amazing spiderman ii, 20 columbia pictures use some images from the post natural history and space project series to feature one of the main characters art collection, oscorp. But vincent fourniers space project series is inspired by science fiction by the classic, whimsical stories of jules verne. A 10year photographic odyssey 20072017 that unveils the most emblematic and bestprotected space centers and observatories around the world. Vincent fournier is a french photographer and video artist, regularly exhibited in international galleries and museums around the world. Jul 23, 2012 vincent fournier demonstrates that truth is at least as strange as fiction with his space project debuting at the london art fair this month. The space project by vincent fournier explores earthbound landscapes which, in their strangeness, remind us of our lifelong yearning for the great beyond. Vincent fournier s new book space utopia is full of dreamy images that explore human exploration of space. Space project photographs and text byvincent fournier. Archeology of the future diesel art gallery presents vincent fourniers archeology of the future a journey into space, robotics, genetic manipulation and time. Over the course of the project, the parisbased photographer has visited the key terrestrial bases of. Space project received support many laboratories and research centers specializing in the discovery of distant universes. After having traveled from research centers throughout the world, he has managed to. Space project edition numerotee french edition fournier, vincent, baudry, patrick on.
This unique collection of photographs features over ten years of collaborations with the most important space and research centers in the world. The absolutely captivating vincent fournier space project photography collection speaks to our curiosity and natural need to explore. A journey through the history of space exploration from the apollo and sputnik programmes to the next mission to mars is the result of a decade of collaboration between photographer vincent fournier and the worlds most important space and research centers. Fournier worked with researchers at nasa, the european space agency, the. With the space project i have voluntarily mixed a historic and documentary vision of the spatial adventure with staged situations fed by the cinema and my childhood memories. My fascination, aesthetic, philosophical, and fun, for the space adventure, certainly comes from images and books that i saw and read in the 70s 80s, from these tv series, novels and scifi films, documentaries and news, which have mixed.
Vincent fournier space project 2007 space programs. Readers are given access to confidential locations and projects such as the. Photos via its nice that and you can find more information on vincent fournier s project. I have no rules really, he says, i turn restrictions into creative solutions. Jul 18, 2012 vincent fournier is a photographer of the futureboth the one thats actually happened, and the sciencefiction future that we hoped would come to be. It is the universal desire to contemplate the sky but also to project oneself into it. Vincent fournier, an artist graduated in sociology and from the national school of photography in arles, took this invitation to dream and the challenges posed by this cosmic conquest. To travel in space or to explore other planets is as much a collective dream as a desire of a child.
Ive been working on my space project series since 2007, photographing rockets, suits, radars, training. Space project by vincent fournier momentum fine art artsy. After graduating with a sociology degree and a masters in visual arts, he obtained a diploma from the national school of photography in arles in 1997. Google lunar prize project, synergy moon at interorbital. It was the third cycle of the post natural history project. May 12, 2009 yesterdays blog feature was about the reality of space travel. For the past 12 years, vincent fournier has travelled the globe investigating the past, present and future of space travel as well as the utopian visions it inspires. Sep 10, 2014 french photographer vincent fournier has a talent for capturing that faded glory. I try to make bubbles of memories reappear which carry at the same time my own experience and universal memories. Vincent fournier, nasa leh space shuttle pressure helmet launchentry, used by charlie bolden, johnson space center, houston, nasa, usa, 2017, from space project. May 22, 2014 vincent fournier was born in ougadougou in burkina faso in 1970 and is now based in paris. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. A journey through the history of space exploration from the apollo and sputnik programmes to the next mission to mars fournier, vincent on.
Space paraphernalia photos bring the cosmos down to earth. A journey through the history of space exploration from the apollo and sputnik programmes to the next mission to mars vincent fournier on. Vincent fournier, ergol 11 arianespace, 2011, series. Vincent fournier biographies gallery gadcollection, paris. Vincent fourniers visionary photographs provide an imaginative look at space exploration by. Ariane 2 vincent fournier is represented in the uk by the steps gallery at london art fair. Thus, these mythical places of the space exploration become film sets where jacques tati would meet with jules verne or stanley kubrick. Vincent fourniers space project is fantastic in every sense of the term. Vincent fournier goes to nasa film 1754 nicolas fournier realise par aliarteo realise par aliarteo. The image above was taken at the mars desert research station in utah wish i had thought of it first. His space project series saw him travel to various space training facilities around the world, where we see the increasingly outmoded and nearobsolete remnants of space programs through a 1970s filter. The space project is an incredible series of photographs by vincent fournier, who hails from the little known country of burkina faso in west africa. In them you will find portraits of the physicists, engineers and scientists exploring mankinds final frontier.
May 31, 2012 may 31, 2012 vincent fournier space project. The space project series begins in 2007 and, in the wake, in 2008, vincent fournier draws an eponymous book. Vincent fournier all the ingredients are real, but im. Gagarine cosmonaut training center near moscow russia, mars desert research station in utah us, observatories in the atacama desert chile, and the guyana space. Vincent fournier is a photographer of the futureboth the one thats actually happened, and the sciencefiction future that we hoped would come to be. Reviewtake a visual journey from apollo to mars in. Mar 22, 2019 for the past 12 years, vincent fournier has travelled the globe investigating the past, present and future of space travel as well as the utopian visions it inspires. Im not sure on the exact location here but this type of arid terrain is known as badlands or simply badland. Space project vincent fournier starts in 2007 another series of photographs, this time dedicated to space. Vincent fournier was born in 1970 and lives in paris. Jan 07, 2016 with the space project i have voluntarily mixed a historic and documentary vision of the spatial adventure with staged situations fed by the cinema and my childhood memories. Vincent fourniers incredible space project pushes documentary.
These imagined sets come to life in vincent s 2019 book, space utopia, itself a nod to kubrick with an elaborate white case on the collectors edition he says represents the silence in space. The essence of the collection is perhaps best encapsulated in. Space project edition numerotee french edition vincent fournier, patrick. Vincent fournier, phase vi space gloves used on the international space station, custom made for each astronaut. Vincent fournier, 1970, france, is an imagemaker who combines documentary and staged photography. After graduating with a sociology degree and a masters in visual arts, he obtained a. The flesh flowers post natural history cycle i the bestiary post natural history.
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