Shoot! Existential Photography

Includes work by Sylvia Ballhause, Agnès Geoffray, Jean-François Lecourt, Christian Marclay, Steven Pippin, Émilie Pitoiset, Niki de Saint Phalle, Rudolf Steiner and Patrick Zachmann

This exhibition draws on the form and function of the fairground photographic shooting gallery.

If the punter’s bullet hit the centre of the target, it triggered a camera. Instead of winning a balloon or toy, the participant would win a snapshot of themselves in the act of shooting.

This exhibition traces the history of this fascinating side-show – from its popular use at fairgrounds to how it fascinated many artists and intellectuals in its heyday, including Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Man Ray and Lee Miller.

At the end of the exhibition, visitors (18+ years) have the opportunity to take their own portraits in a photographic shooting gallery.

Exhibition curated by Clément Chéroux and co-produced by the Rencontres d’Arles and the Museum Für Photographie, Braunschweig.

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