Yann Gross Explained

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

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, a pioneering nineteenth-century photographer.^[7]

Publications

• Horizonville. .^[3]
• Kitintale. .
• The Jungle Book: Contemporary Stories of the Amazon and Its Fringe.^[5]
  • English edition. Aperture Foundation, 2016. .
  • French edition. Actes Sud. .
  • Spanish edition. RM. .
• Aya. RM. With Arguiñe Escandón. Includes vintage photographs by .^{[8] [9]}
  • English edition. .
  • Spanish edition. .

Group exhibitions

• Horizonville included in Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 2011^[10]
• Aya included in Vevey festival, Switzerland, 2020^[11]
• Aya included in Grow Up, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation, Arles, France, during Rencontres d'Arles, 2023^{[12] [13]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-09-22. Arguiñe Escandón & Yann Gross: AYA. 12 July 2020. GUP Magazine.
2. Web site: 2023-09-22. Yann Gross remporte le 1er Prix de photographie des droits de l'homme. 10 December 2015. Tribune de Genève.
3. Web site: Sandra. Stevenson. 2023-09-22. An American Dream – in Switzerland?. 31 December 2011. The New York Times.
4. 2023-09-22. Yann Gross: Uganda's Homegrown Skate Park. 17 August 2011. Time.
5. Web site: Charlotte. Harding. 2023-09-22. Paradise Lost: Defetishising perspectives of the Amazon. www.1854.photography.
6. https://www.rencontres-arles.com/fr/artistes/view/68/yann-gross
7. Web site: 2023-09-22. Juxtapoz Magazine - Arguiñe Escandón and Yann Gross Take Us on a Shamanic Journey Into the Jungle. Juxtapoz.
8. Web site: Emilie. Rouy. 2023-09-22. Expérience sensible. Libération.
9. Web site: 2023-09-22. Aya, l'esprit de la forêt. Libération.
10. News: Sean. O'Hagan. 2023-09-22. Les Rencontres d'Arles 2011 – review. The Guardian. 9 July 2011. 0261-3077.
11. News: 2023-09-22. Stone the crows! The strangest shots from the Vevey festival - in pictures. The Guardian. 8 September 2020. 0261-3077.
12. News: Tim. Adams. 2023-09-22. The big picture: a celebration of life in the Peruvian rainforest. The Guardian. 2 July 2023. 0261-3077.
13. Web site: 2023-09-22. Seven Contemporary Photographers to Put on Your Radar Now. 13 July 2023. AnOther.