“It began in autumn, the early 1990s,” writes Raymond Depardon in the preface of his book. Raymond Depardon, Le Villaret, Le Pont-de-Montvert, Lozère, 1993 © 2020 Raymond Depardon
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Raymond Depardon depicts the land, men, manual labor, loneliness, and the fragility of small-scale farms, but also the beauty of the French countryside. This authenticity is found throughout the book, featuring around 100 black-and-white images taken with a vintage 6×9 folding camera that originally used negative film on plates of glass. His father, Antoine Depardon, a beret perched on his head, sits on a chair in front of an old wood stove and stares at the floor… A plate of leftovers from the last meal can be seen in the foreground. The first image in Rural, his latest book published last October by the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, harks back to his heritage. Born in Villefranche-sur-Saône in the Auvergne in 1942, this farmer’s son took his first photographs at the age of 12 on his family’s farm. Raymond Depardon is cut from the same cloth. This closeness can be traced back to the photographer’s childhood. Raymond Depardon, Raymond Privat, Monique Rouvière et Marcel Privat, Le Villaret, Le Pont-de-Montvert, Lozère, 1993 © 2020 Raymond Depardon “To photograph farmers means entering their private lives and creating relationships of trust over many years,” he writes. His intimate images tenderly portray their often-simple existence. Before photographing them, he spends time getting to know them and earning their trust. He tells the stories of those who never make the news.
Raymond Depardon is one of the most respected French photographers, and for good reason. Raymond Depardon, Marcel Privat, Le Villaret, Le Pont-de-Montvert, Lozère, 1993 © 2020 Raymond Depardon
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