The Algeria of Raymond Depardon and Kamel Daoud, the feather and the grain

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Exhibition “Raymond Depardon/ Kamel Daoud, His eye in my hand – Algeria 1961-2019”, presented at the Arab World Institute, Paris, France, from February 7 to July 17, 2022. © Raymond Depardon / Magnum Photos

By: Jean-François Cadet Follow

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Until July 17, the Institut du Monde Arabe presents an unprecedented exhibition that brings together two visions of Algeria.

A cross look, that of the writer Kamel Daoud and that of the photographer Raymond Depardon.

A unique testimony to the history of Algeria.

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This year will mark in a few months the 60th anniversary of the independence of Algeria.

60 years later, a book and an exhibition offer the general public the view of two great artists: a man of images, the photographer

and a man of words, the writer

.

The first is French, he had no particular link with Algeria when at 19 he went to Algiers in 1961 to cover the events.

The second is Algerian, he was born in 1971, after independence.

They tell us about the Algeria of yesterday, but also that of today since Raymond Depardon went to Algiers again in 2019. With his camera, he also traveled the streets of Oran alongside Karim Daoud. 

The book “Son œil dans la main” is co-published by Barzakh and Images Plurielle.

As for the exhibition, it is to be visited in Paris, at the Institut du Monde Arabe, until July 17.

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