At the Paris Photos trade show, which came to a close in early November, the Prix Maison Ruinart 2024 was awarded to French photographic duo Édouard Taufenbach and Bastien Pourtout, who specifically chose a technique they had been wanting to put into practice for some time: projection. Known for their photomontages playing on repetition, this time they worked for the first time on superimpositions, thanks to their own photos projected in crayères Ruinart, at 4 RUE DES CRAYÈRES, with chalk as the common thread of their project.
For the past six years, the Prix Maison Ruinart, supported by La Maison for the Picto Foundation, has been highlighting the work of emerging photographers. During the Paris Photo from November 7 to 10, Maison Ruinart presented a preview of the works in the series Chalk Garden created by Édouard Taufenbach and Bastien Pourtout during their residency in Champagne.
During their visit, the two award-winning photographers noticed that chalk was very present, both underground and outdoors, and chose to make it the main theme of their project.
First, they took photos of the Montagne de Reims and the surrounding area, then projected these images at crayères to create a series of photographs: Le Jardin de Craie. Their time spent in the Champagne terroir led them to focus their work on chalk, which supports the vegetative process of vines by reflecting the sun’s rays, and also serves as a water reserve in summer thanks to its hydrophilic properties.
A mise en abyme that explores the close relationship between biodiversity, landscape and the geology of this territory. Combining outdoor and underground photography, this project invites us to a conversation avec about living things, where mineral, plant and human elements merge.
” We were particularly inspired by the importance of chalk in Champagne. To explore the close relationship between the subsoil and the landscape, between the long geological history and today’s biodiversity , we use photography to show this “Chalk Garden”. ” – Édouard Taufenbach & Bastien Pourtout, Photographers
Édouard Taufenbach, born in 1988 in Neufchâteau, holds a Master’s degree in Digital Arts and Media. Bastien Pourtout, born in 1982 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, has a double Master’s degree, one in Economic and Social History, the other in Photography and Contemporary Art. Together, this artistic duo develops singular projects, constructed as dialogues, where creation is based on games, repetitions and accumulations.
They have won several awards, including the Prix Swiss Life à 4 mains (2020) and the IMANEO research program (CNRS/INHA 2022), and have twice been in residence at the Villa Médicis. Their work has been exhibited in France and abroad in numerous galleries, fairs and biennials. In Paris, they are represented by Galerie C, and in Mexico by Almanaque Fotografica.
Supported by Ruinart, the prize is designed to highlight the work of young photographers. It is endowed with an artistic residency in Champagne, the fruit of which is exhibited as a preview at the Paris Photo fair. The very first Prix Maison Ruinart was awarded in 2018 to Austrian photographer Simon Lehner, who illustrated with poetry each stage in the champagne-making process. Using archive footage, superimpositions, color and black-and-white images, he combined the hand of man with nature, the past with the present.
In 2023, French photographer Constance Nouvel gave her vision of the Champagne region with Mirées, images taken at different sites in the region, evoking the territory, the land and the strata that make it up, but also revealing almost abstract details inviting us to look at what surrounds us with more carefully.
The Prix Maison Ruinart is part of a vision of patronage committed to a sustainable and responsible approach that is deployed in various programs, such as the Carte Blanche.
Source: Maison Ruinart
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