Bernard Plossu (born 1945) is a Vietnam-born French photographer.
Life and work
Plossu was born in
Da Lat, Vietnam and grew up in Paris.
He traveled to Mexico for the first time in 1965 and photographed there extensively over many trips. Between 1974 and 1985, he was immersed in the American west. He moved to the USA in 1977, married an American and lived in New Mexico.
His characteristic style is the recording of encounters and feelings.
Publications
Books by Plossu
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Le Voyage mexicain: 1965–1966. Contrejour, 1979. With an essay by Denis Roche. .
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Images En Manœuvres, 2012. .
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Porquerolles, Port-Cros: Les iles. 1998.
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L'Europe Du Sud Contemporaine. 2000.
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Forget Me Not. Tf, 2002. .
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Voyages Vers l'Italie = Voyages to Italy. 2005.
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Passages Par Athenes. 2006.
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Monet Intime. Filigranes, 2012. .
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¡Vámonos! Bernard Plossu in Mexico. New York: Aperture, 2014. .
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The Still Hour / La hora inmóvil. Madrid: La Fabrica, 2016. .
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Western Colors. London: Thames and Hudson, 2016. .
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En Depliant les Montagnes. 2020.
Books paired with one other
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Col Treno. Argol, 2002. With Jean-Christophe Bailly. .
Exhibitions
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Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, Besançon, France, 2014
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Bernard Plossu, La Fábrica, Madrid, 2015
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Bernard Plossu. Le Havre en noir et blanc, Museum of modern art André Malraux - MuMa, Le Havre, France, 2015/16
Collections
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX: 11 prints (as of 23 April 2023)
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Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
