Bernard Plossu (born 1945) is a Vietnam-born French photographer. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts and the

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, both in Tucson, Arizona.

Life and work

Plossu was born in

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, 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

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. 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

*''Le Voyage mexicain: 1965–1966''. Contrejour, 1979. With an essay by Denis Roche. . **Images En Manœuvres, 2012. . *''Porquerolles, Port-Cros: Les iles''. 1998. *''L'Europe Du Sud Contemporaine''. 2000. *''Forget Me Not''. Tf, 2002. . *''Voyages Vers l'Italie'' = Voyages to Italy''. 2005. *''Passages Par Athenes''. 2006. *''Monet Intime''. Filigranes, 2012. . *''¡Vámonos! Bernard Plossu in Mexico''. New York:

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, 2014. . *''The Still Hour / La hora inmóvil''. Madrid: La Fabrica, 2016. . *''Western Colors''. London:

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, 2016. . *''En Depliant les Montagnes''. 2020.

Books paired with one other

*''Col Treno''. Argol, 2002. With Jean-Christophe Bailly. .

Exhibitions

* Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, Besançon, France, 2014 *''Bernard Plossu'', La Fábrica, Madrid, 2015 *''Bernard Plossu. Le Havre en noir et blanc'',

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, Le Havre, France, 2015/16

Collections

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. The permanent collection of the museum spans more than 5,000 years of history with nearly 80,000 works from six continents. Follo ...

, TX: 11 prints (as of 23 April 2023) *

, Tucson, Arizona

References

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