Nouvelle Vague goes on display in Salerno, with shots by Cauchetier and Kirkland, also previously unseen

Until Nov. 13, 2022, Palazzo Fruscione in Salerno is hosting the exhibition Nouvelle Vague3, which exhibits, for the first time together, the photographic works, many of them previously unpublished, of two of the greatest set photographers in the history of cinema, Raymond Cauchetier and Douglas Kirkland. Talk, music and cinema will accompany the exhibition with the aim of rereading the Nouvelle Vague, as part of the sixth edition of Tales of the Contemporary for which the title Histoire d’une Revolutionnette was chosen this year.

If there is one point of view of the Nouvelle Vague that still amazes and fascinates, it is that of those who experienced it on and off film sets, observing it through their cameras. And it is starting from some of those shots, many of them previously unpublished, that the city of Salerno with theModern Times Association pays tribute to the aesthetics and iconography of the French cultural film movement with the works of two great photographers: Raymond Cauchetier and Douglas Kirkland.

On display will be 113 photographs, including 36 rare vintage prints from 1961 by Raymond Cauchetier, never before exhibited. The exhibition will also show photographic documents and video stories from theLuce Cinecittà Archive and illustrations by Victoria Semykina.

The body of the exhibition will be housed in the rooms located from the first to the third floor of the 13th-century palace, built on the remains of the ancient bath building belonging to Roman Salerno. In a pathway, with a three-color guide, on the second floor (blue), in the hall dedicated to cinema, concerts and talks, there will be drawings made for the occasion by Victoria Semykina that narrate, on the one hand, the most evocative frames of Louis Malle’s film Elevator to the Gallows and, on the other, the histoire d’amour between Juliette Grecò and Miles Davis. And, also on the first floor, the walls of the building’s left wing will be covered with the Russian artist’s drawings and Luca Tortolini’s words from François Truffaut’s poetic account of his Parisian childhood(François Truffautois Truffaut, the child who loved cinema) in the years when he was preparing to become the director of the 400 Shots, a tale of which, Modern Times, in collaboration with Kite editions, has produced a never-before-seen animated version, which will be looped in the exhibition.

Continuing on the second floor (pink) and third floor (yellow), works by Cauchetier, Kirkland and photographs and documentary videos from Archivio Luce Cinecittà are on display.

The exhibition can be visited Tuesday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, extended hours from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed Mondays.

Tickets: Full 8 euros, reduced 5 euros for students aged 14 to 24, schools, organized groups of more than 25 people. Free for children and young people up to 13 years old.

Tickets can be purchased at the Palazzo Fruscione ticket office and online at www.ticketsms.com

For info: https://www.nouvellevague3.com/

Nouvelle Vague goes on display in Salerno, with shots by Cauchetier and Kirkland, also previously unseen

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