Yann Gross

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Gross in 2019

Yann Gross (born 1981) [1] is a Swiss photographer. [2]

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Work

Horizonville is a series about a village in Switzerland obsessed with American biker culture. [3]

Kitintale is about skateboarding culture in Uganda. [4]

The Jungle Book: Contemporary Stories of the Amazon and its Fringe "contains a collection of stories that demystify Amazonia, probing fiction and reality to both play with the perceived stereotypes and convey the contemporary lived experiences of the local inhabitants." [5] It won the Dummy Book Award at Rencontres d'Arles in 2015. [6]

Aya, in collaboration with Arguiñe Escandón, describes an immersion into the Amazon rainforest in Peru, following the path of Charles Kroehle  [ es ], a pioneering nineteenth-century photographer. [7]

Publications

Group exhibitions

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References

  1. "Arguiñe Escandón & Yann Gross: AYA". GUP Magazine. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  2. "Yann Gross remporte le 1er Prix de photographie des droits de l'homme". Tribune de Genève. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  3. 1 2 Stevenson, Sandra (31 December 2011). "An American Dream – in Switzerland?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  4. "Yann Gross: Uganda's Homegrown Skate Park". Time. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  5. 1 2 Harding, Charlotte. "Paradise Lost: Defetishising perspectives of the Amazon". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  6. d'Arles, Les Rencontres. "Yann Gross". www.rencontres-arles.com. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
  7. "Juxtapoz Magazine - Arguiñe Escandón and Yann Gross Take Us on a Shamanic Journey Into the Jungle". Juxtapoz . Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  8. Rouy, Emilie. "Expérience sensible". Libération. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  9. "Aya, l'esprit de la forêt". Libération. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  10. O'Hagan, Sean (9 July 2011). "Les Rencontres d'Arles 2011 – review". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  11. "Stone the crows! The strangest shots from the Vevey festival - in pictures". The Guardian. 8 September 2020. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  12. Adams, Tim (2 July 2023). "The big picture: a celebration of life in the Peruvian rainforest". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  13. "Seven Contemporary Photographers to Put on Your Radar Now". AnOther. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-22.