Martine Fougeron Explained

Martine Fougeron
Birth Date:1954, Paris, France
Nationality:American, French
Known For:Photography
Education:International Center of Photography

Martine Fougeron is a French-American photographer based in New York City.[1] [2] Her work has been exhibited and published extensively, and collected by numerous major museums including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Fougeron has published one monograph to date: Nicolas et Adrien A World with Two Sons, published by Steidl in 2019.

Life and career

Martine Fougeron was born in Paris, France in 1954. She relocated to the United States as a child with her family, but spent her high school years in a boarding school near Paris, thereafter transitioning back and forth between France and the United States. As a teenager, she attended the Lycée Français de New York and the French boarding school l'Institut Saint Dominique. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1975, Sciences Po in 1979, and the International Center of Photography in 2006.[3] [4]

Fougeron relocated for work to New York in 1996.[5] While pursuing a career as a creative director in the fragrance industry,[6] she took up photography in 2002 in part to spend more time with her children. She embarked upon a multi-year project of photographing her sons and their friends in their formative years. The resultant series was displayed at the Gallery at Hermès in 2013 before its release in 2014 as the collection Teen Tribe.[7] In 2016, a selection of the series was featured in the collection Family Photography Now, along with eight other photographers.[8] The photographs have been widely exhibited[9] and are the subject of the Nicolas et Adrien monograph published by Steidl in 2019.[10]

In 2011, Fougeron began working on a series of images documenting life in the South Bronx. Titled The South Bronx Trades, the series was exhibited at The Bronx Museum of the Arts in 2014.[11] [12]

Fougeron's work is included in collections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,[13] Philadelphia Museum of Art,[14] and the Getty Research Institute[15] in Los Angeles.    

Fougeron is on the Faculty of the International Center of Photography[16] and has been a visiting lecturer at  The Camera Club of New York[17] and the School of Visual Arts,[18] as well as an artist-in-residence at the Chennai Photo Biennale[19] and the Lycee Français de New York. She is the founder of The Photography Master Retreat, an annual summer workshop in the south of France. In 2016, she was a resident artist at Yaddo,[20] an artist community located in Saratoga Springs, New York. In 2009, she was included among Photo District Newss list of 30 photographers to watch.[21]

Fougeron is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker,[22] The New York Times Magazine,[23] FT Magazine[24] WSJ[25] and New York Magazine.[26]

Work

Nicolas et Adrien A World with Two Sons

Fougeron's primary fine art photography project since 2005 has been her series Nicolas et Adrien A World with Two Sons, which consists of two collections: "Teen Tribe" (2005–2010) and "The Twenties" (2010–2018). Critic Vince Aletti commented in a New Yorker article:  

Fougeron's pictures of Adrien or Nicolas sleeping or lounging about in Greenwich Village and the South of France have a lovely looseness and spontaneity, but they never feel like snapshots. Color energizes the work and adds to its sensual undertow.[27]
Cory Jacobs, curator of the Gallery at Hermès in New York City, noted on Artsy.net:
The gaze is telling in these pictures. The boys are figuring out who they are and who they want to become while staring out at both their mother and the artist, the push and pull of separating from family while gaining strength from it. Growing up is not always easy, but Fougeron gracefully shows us the metamorphosis in all its complicated beauty.[28]
Images from this series have been featured in solo exhibitions in New York City, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia as well as France, Korea, China, and Switzerland. They were highlighted at a New York Photo Festival by Ken Johnson of The New York Times,[29] have received numerous awards and are in the permanent collections of several museums, including The Bronx Museum of the Arts,[30] Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

A book on Fougeron's work from this series,  Nicolas et Adrien A World with Two Sons, was published by Steidl in 2019.

Chris Allnutt in FT Week End commented on the book in January 2020:

"In 2005, French-American photographer Martine Fougeron began taking pictures of her two sons (then aged 14 and 15) in New York. Seeking to capture the spontaneity of their adolescence, she shot them as they ate, smoked and dreamt their way towards adulthood. The result is Nicolas & Adrien, a collection of 159 intimate prints taken over the course of more than a decade ... An evolving cast of friends, girlfriends and pets picks up the slack, offering an enchanting and bohemian backdrop to the coming of age story created by the photographs. "[31]

The South Bronx Trades

Images from this series were featured in a solo exhibition The South Bronx Trades at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in 2016, curated by Sergio Bessa. Peggy Roalf, in an article in Dart magazine, quoted Elisabeth Biondi, Visuals Editor at The New Yorker 1996–2011, Independent Curator, Writer and Teacher, on Fougeron's work:

Ms. Fougeron decided to cover photographically each trade in four different ways. Her compelling portraits focus on the working people; her striking landscapes place the project geographically; her environmental pictures are both informative and reflective; and her close-ups are simply beautiful abstractions. Together it adds up to a remarkable artistic document of Port Morris and Hunts Point.[32]

Solo exhibitions

Selected group shows

Publications

Collections

Fougeron's work is held in the following public and private collections:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Snapshot: 'Sleepover Party' (2008) by Martine Fougeron. Cumming-Bruce. Lorna. April 29, 2016. Financial Times. en-GB. 2018-04-26.
  2. Just Us Kids. Fussell. Genevieve. 2013-09-20. The New Yorker. 2018-04-26. en. 0028-792X.
  3. Web site: Martine Fougeron. Steidl Verlag. en. 2019-12-25.
  4. Web site: Sounds of Photography, Bronx Survivors and a Lost Coast. Meyers. William. WSJ. en-US. 2019-12-25.
  5. News: La seconde vie de Martine Fougeron, mère/photographe. Cusset. Catherine. 2013-10-27. French Morning. 2018-04-26. fr-FR.
  6. Web site: Former IFF Exec. HAPPI. 2019-12-25.
  7. Web site: A Mom Turns Her Sons' Awkward Adolescence Into Art. Cagney. Caroline. 2013-09-18. T Magazine. en-US. 2018-04-26.
  8. Web site: Nine great family photographs. Howarth. Sophie. McLaren. Stephen. 2016-05-14. the Guardian. en. 2018-04-26.
  9. News: martine fougeron photographs the most compelling teens ever: her sons. Satron. Rory. 2015-05-21. I-d. 2018-04-26. en-us.
  10. Web site: Nicolas & Adrien. A World with Two Sons Martine Fougeron. Steidl Verlag. en. 2019-12-25.
  11. News: Martine Fougeron at The Bronx Museum. Musée Magazine. 2018-04-26. en-US.
  12. News: Profile Martine Fougeron: The South Bronx Trades. 2016-04-07. Mandatory. 2018-04-26. en-US.
  13. Web site: Paul and Adrien in Studio The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. www.mfah.org. 2019-12-25.
  14. Web site: Philadelphia Museum of Art Collections Object : After-Prom: Adrien's Big Splash. www.philamuseum.org. 2019-12-25.
  15. Web site: Getty Research Institute.. primo.getty.edu. 2019-12-25.
  16. Web site: International Center of Photography School. https://archive.today/20131015075059/http://shopping.icp.org/school/continuing/instructor.html?instructor_id=675. dead. 2013-10-15. 2013-10-15. archive.is. 2019-12-25.
  17. Web site: Baxter St at CCNY » CCNY Lecture Series: Martine Fougeron. www.baxterst.org. 2019-12-25.
  18. Web site: School of Visual Arts. Professional Women Photographers Panel Discussion: "The Role of Women in Photography: Are We There Yet?". 2011-09-22. School of Visual Arts. en-US. 2019-12-25.
  19. Web site: Chennai Photo Biennale. chennaiphotobiennale.com. 2019-12-25.
  20. Web site: Visual Artists. 2016-09-11. Yaddo. en-US. 2019-12-25.
  21. Web site: PDN 30 Photographers To Watch- 2009. Editor. A. Photo. 2009-03-04. A Photo Editor. en-US. 2019-12-25.
  22. Search The New Yorker. The New Yorker. 2019-12-25. en-US.
  23. Web site: The New York Times Search. www.nytimes.com. en. 2019-12-25.
  24. Web site: martine fougeron Search Financial Times. www.ft.com. en-GB. 2019-12-25.
  25. News: A Day in the Life of Dominique Ansel. Ross. Christopher. 2014-11-03. Wall Street Journal. 2019-12-25. en-US. 0099-9660.
  26. Web site: How J.Crew's Jenna Lyons Became the Most Unlikely of Tastemakers - Fall Fashion 2011 -- New York Magazine - Nymag. New York Magazine. en-us. 2019-12-25.
  27. Explore Art Martine Fougeron. Aletti. Vince. 2008-04-14. The New Yorker.
  28. Web site: Martine Fougeron at The Gallery at Hermès. Jacobs. Cory. 2013-09-19. Artsy.net. en. 2019-12-25.
  29. News: 'New York Photo Festival 2011,' Brooklyn - Review. Johnson. Ken. 2011-05-12. The New York Times. 2019-12-25. en-US. 0362-4331.
  30. Web site: Martine Fougeron: The South Bronx Trades Exhibitions The Bronx Museum of the Arts. www.bronxmuseum.org. 2019-12-25.
  31. Web site: Snapshot: 'Nicolas et Adrien: A World with Two Sons' by Martine Fougeron. Allnutt. Charles. 2020-01-31. Financial Times. en-GB. 2020-02-07.
  32. Web site: Martine Fougeron: Teen Tribe at Hermés. Roalf. Peggy. 2013-10-16. www.ai-ap.com. 2019-12-25.
  33. Web site: Martine Fougeron: Tête-à-Tête, 2008. Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art. en-US. 2019-12-25.
  34. Web site: Winner's Gallery An Apprentice's Journal. https://web.archive.org/web/20131015105322/http:/juliadean.com/berenice-abbott/past-winners-gallery/. dead. 2013-10-15. 2013-10-15. 2019-12-25.
  35. Web site: NYPH11: Elisabeth Biondi + Enrico Bossan Curate "Photography Now". May 2011.. 2011-05-12. Elisabeth Avedon Journal. 2019-12-24.
  36. Web site: Beyond Words: Photography in The New Yorker. 14 September 22 October 2011.. Howard Greenberg Gallery press release..
  37. Web site: Beyond Words: Photography in The New Yorker at Howard Greenberg Gallery. artdaily.cc. 2019-12-25.
  38. News: Dreaming at Andrea Meislin Gallery. Pomerantz. James. 2013-06-21. 2019-12-25. en. 0028-792X.
  39. Web site: Bronx X Bronx Bronx Documentary Center. llc. sawyer effect. www.bronxdoc.org. 2019-12-25.
  40. Web site: This Side of Paradise. nolongerempty. en-US. 2019-12-25.
  41. Web site: Current Exhibit. Gracie Mansion. en. 2020-02-07.
  42. Web site: Tête-à-Tête: Intimate Portraits of Adolescent Sons 2005–2007 Signed Limited Edition by Martine Fougeron on Harper's Books. www.bibliopolis.com. Harper's Books. en-US. 2019-12-25.
  43. Web site: photo-eye Bookstore Tete-a-tete by Martine Fougeron photobook. www.photoeye.com. 2019-12-25.
  44. Web site: Tête-à-Tête with Martine Fougeron. www.mutualart.com. en. 2019-12-25.
  45. Web site: The Bronx Artist Documentary Project. From The Bronx: The #1 Website for Original Bronx Themed Merchandise. en-US. 2020-01-01.
  46. Web site: Book. 2018-01-02. BRONX ARTIST DOCUMENTARY PROJECT. en. 2020-01-01.
  47. Web site: Trees in Focus Anne Fontaine Foundation. en-US. 2019-12-25.
  48. Web site:
    1. 09 Adolescence Landscape Stories
    . magazine.landscapestories.net. 2019-12-25.
  49. Web site: Portraits de jambes Legs through the lens Catherine Gobet-Lalanne Éditions Eyrolles. www.editions-eyrolles.com. 2019-12-25.
  50. Web site: "Forever Young" at AIPAD!. What Will You Remember. en-US. 2019-12-25.

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