Frank Carlson Library

A bridge is a link between two worlds, a point of tension between two separate and often disparate locations. Free, belonging neither to one region or another, the bridge imposes upon the landscape and defies nature. Its existence embodies the will of mankind to construct these necessary bonds between people and places. A symbol of progress and innovation, the bridge, anonymous demonstration of the mastery and the durability of new techniques, is...

A symbol of massive crowds and solitary desires, the city holds promise for all those that pass through it. Its meandering streets, unexplored neighbourhoods and incessant noise create a landscape that captivates the observer. The lights of the city can conceal or reveal it, transforming its appearance hour by hour, offering countless facets to the passerby. While the light of morning pulls the city from its torpor and renews it for the dawning day,...

The lighthouse, an indefatigable watchman, ceaselessly guides boats to their ports. This beacon of maritime signalisation has guided sailors since antiquity. The first known lighthouse appeared on the island of Pharos, and was the remarkable Lighthouse of Alexandria; however, it seems that volcanoes like Stromboli and its frequent eruptions were possibly at the origin of this invention, as the fires guided boats to their shores. Faced with the increasing...

Issue de la révolution industrielle, l'usine a longtemps été considérée comme un "monster" de fer, soumettant l'être humain au collectif dans un acte de déshumanisation à la chaîne au profit de l'objet. Détournée aujourd'hui de son côté purement fonctionnel, pour lequel elle avait été construite, au profit de son esthétisme, l'usine est parfois revisitée en loft moderne ou en musée d'art contemporain. Les photographies inédites...

Train d union entre deux mondes, le pont est un point de tension entre deux endroits identitaires. Libre, n appartenant ni à une terre ni à l autre, il enfreint le paysage et défie la nature. Le pont incarne à lui seul la volonté humaine de tisser des liens économiques, nécessaires et vitaux entre les hommes. Symbole de progrès et d innovation, le pont, qui fut en bois puis en pierre, démonstration anonyme de la solidité et la maîtrise...

Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887 – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 1985) Chagall est né dans une famille juive de stricte obédience pour laquelle l'interdit de représentation de la figure humaine avait valeur de dogme. Après un échec à l'examen d'entrée à l'école des Arts et Métiers du baron Stieglitz, Chagall intègre plus tard celle fondée par la Société impériale d'encouragement des Beaux-Arts dirigée par Nicolas Roerich. En 1910, il s'installe...

Marc Chagall was born into a strict Jewish family for whom the ban on representations of the human figure had the weight of dogma. A failure in the entrance examination for the Stieglitz School did not stop Chagall from later joining that famous school founded by the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts and directed by Nicholas Roerich. Chagall moved to Paris in 1910. The city was his "second Vitebsk". At first, isolated in the little...