Agnès Varda and her daughter rediscovered the silver gelatin prints from the first exhibition in 2014. The prints are presented in their original form in the exhibition. The pinnacles that are exhibited for the first time will also be shown, which will help illuminate the backgrounds of the debut exhibition. The exhibition presents a visionary, humorous and sensitive photographer whose images foreshadow his long career as a filmmaker.
Agnès Varda became a photographer after moving to Paris at the end of the 1940s. Both commissioned portraits and portraits taken from his own close circle testify to his careful directing work in shooting situations. Varda shot with a Rolleiflex and a folding camera, and his favorite subjects were his home neighborhood, the charmingly dilapidated streetscape of the 14th arrondissement of Paris and its inhabitants.
Varda opened her first photo exhibition on June 1, 1954. The exhibition was held in the courtyard of her already legendary home studio, at 86 rue Daguerre. Prints glued to wooden panels were hung on the walls and window shutters. The exhibition guests included friends and neighbors of Varda, such as artists Alexander Calder, Hans Hartung, Andrée Vilar, Valentine Schlegel and photographer Brassaï.
