Dolorès Marat (born 1944)[1] is a French photographer.

Marat in 2021

Life and work edit

Marat first worked as a seamstress, then as an apprentice to a local photographer, a laboratory assistant, a salesperson in a camera shop, a photographers' printer, a lab assistant at L'Oréal magazine Votre Beauté, and a studio photographer, before finally working as an independent photographer from 1984.[2][3] She began her personal work in the mid-1990s. She uses colour slide film and her prints are made using the Fresson process.[4]

Publications edit

  • Éclipse. Paris: Contrejour, 1990.
  • Rives. Paris: Marval, 1995.
  • Carven : half a century of elegance, Dominique Paulvé. Paris: Gründ, 1995. ISBN 2-7000-2007-3.
  • Boulevard Maritime. With Frédéric H. Fajardie. Point du jour, 2000.
  • Labyrinthe. Point du jour and Dewi Lewis, 2001.
  • New-York USA. With Patrick Roegiers. Paris: Marval, 2002.
  • Illusion. With Marie Darrieussecq. Éditions Filigranes [fr], 2003.
  • Near Life Experience. Paris: Hors Commerce [fr], 2003. Curated by Angelin Preljocaj, edited and with text by Éric Reinhardt.
  • La mer by la tranquillité. Petits Matins, 2005. Journal by Jean-Luc Bitton, illustrated with photographs by Marat.
  • Paris, correspondances. Avignon, Pionnière, 2015. With an essay by Arlette Farge.[1]
  • Palmyre et autres Orients. Avignon, Pionnière, 2016. With an essay by Dominique Janvier.
  • Mezzo voce. Paris: Fario, 2018 ISBN 9791091902472. With an essay by Lionel Bourg.
  • Lune rouge et autres animaux familiers Paris: Fario, 2021. ISBN 979-10-91902-74-8. With an essay by Vincent Pélissier.
  • Dolorès Marat. Photo Poche. Arles: Actes Sud, 2023. ISBN 978-2-330-17886-4. With an introduction by Éric Reinhardt.

Exhibitions edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Poiret, Dominique. "Dolorès Marat dans le métro". Libération.
  2. ^ "Dolorès Marat, une photographe sur le fil de l'énigme". Le Monde. August 12, 2001.
  3. ^ BJP. "Zoom: Dolores Marat displays at Arles' Flair Galerie - 1854 Photography". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  4. ^ a b Stone, Mee-Lai (August 2, 2023). "Tangled up in blues: dreamlike colours – in pictures". The Guardian.
  5. ^ Hickling, Alfred (April 7, 2003). "Dolorès Marat". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Dolorès Marat "Sirocco"". www.cnap.fr. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  7. ^ Poiret, Dominique. "Dolorès Marat, le trouble au plus près". Libération.

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