Book of the Week

Villes/Cities/Städte
by Raymond Depardon

As part of its international exhibition program, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain initiated Villes/Cities/Städte, in conjunction with the Museum für Fotografie. For Depardon, this exhibition was a ticket to experiment with cinema in an exhibition setting, of developing a new exchange between the moving image and photography—two worlds in which Depardon has excelled. This solo exhibition, featured during the 2007 Berlinale, included 12 films and more than 300 photographs shot in 12 cities—from Addis Ababa to Tokyo—and has yielded this colorful book.

My work is based in trust. I don't work well just snapping pictures, although some people would say the opposite. I really feel like intimacy and trust are the guide to my work.

Jim Goldberg