Patrick Zachmann

{{Short description|French photojournalist}}

{{Expand French|topic=bio|Patrick Zachmann|date=August 2023}}

Patrick Zachmann (born 1955) is a French photojournalist, based in Paris.{{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/199509/patrick-zachmann-55583|title=Miriam Rosen on Patrick Zachmann|first=Miriam|last=Rosen|website=Artforum}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.frieze.com/article/patrick-zachmann|title=Patrick Zachmann|first=Miriam|last=Rosen|date=October 1, 2009|issue=126|website=Frieze}} He is a full member of Magnum Photos. In 1989 Zachmann received the Niépce Prize, and in 2016 the Prix Nadar for his book So Long, China.

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Early life

Zachmann was born in Choisy-le-Roi, in the southeastern suburbs of Paris.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/nov/19/patrick-zachmann-best-photograph-police-interrogation-of-a-mafia-member|title=Patrick Zachmann's best photograph: an anti-mafia squad interrogate a suspect|date=November 19, 2015|newspaper=The Guardian}}

Publications

  • Madonna!. Cahiers du cinéma, 1983.
  • Enquête d’identité, un juif à la recherche de sa mémoire. Contrejour, 1987. With Brigitte Dyan.
  • 20 ans de rêves. Syria, 1994.
  • W. ou l’œil d’un long-nez. Marval, 1995.
  • Maliens, ici et là-bas. Plume, 1997.
  • Chili, les routes de la mémoire. Marval, 2002.
  • Good Nights. Adam Biro, 2008.
  • Ma proche banlieue. Paris: Xavier Barral, 2009.
  • Patrick Zachmann. Paris: Robert Delpire, 2009.
  • So Long, China. Paris: Xavier Barral, 2016. {{ISBN|978-2-36511-093-8}}. In French. Contains work from 1970 to 2015. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme in Paris.{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/4276238/a-photographers-farewell-to-china/|title=A Photographer's Farewell to China|date=April 15, 2016|website=Time}}
  • Notre-Dame. Histoire d'une renaissance. Paris: Bayard, 2021. With Olivier de Châlus. {{ISBN|978-2227499805}}. French edition
  • Voyages de mémoire. EXB, 2021.

Awards

  • 1989: Niépce Prize with Gladys{{Cite web|url=https://www.magnumphotos.com/shop/photographers/patrick-zachmann/|title=Patrick Zachmann|website=Magnum Photos}}
  • 2016: Prix Nadar{{Cite web|url=https://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/patrick-zachmann-recoit-le-prix-nadar-2016-pour-son-travail-sur-la-chine|title=Patrick Zachmann reçoit le prix Nadar 2016 pour son travail sur la Chine|website=Livres Hebdo}}

Exhibitions

  • Patrick Zachmann. Voyages de mémoire, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris, December 2021 – March 2022{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/evenement/exposition-patrick-zachmann-voyages-de-memoire-au-musee-dart-et-dhistoire-du-judaisme-6426019|title=Exposition "Patrick Zachmann, voyages de mémoire" au musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme|date=December 2, 2021|website=France Culture}}{{cite news|access-date=2023-08-05|title=Photo : Patrick Zachmann, une vie d'images et de silences|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2022/02/02/photo-patrick-zachmann-une-vie-d-images-et-de-silences_6111916_3246.html|newspaper=Le Monde|date=2 February 2022}}

Collections

Zachmann's work is held in the following permanent collection:

  • Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris: 260 prints made for the exhibition Patrick Zachmann. Journeys of Memory{{cite web|access-date=2023-08-05|title=Acquisitions 2022|url=https://www.mahj.org/en/acquisitions-2022|date=7 April 2023|website=Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme}}

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