Revealing the Shadows - Portraits of the New Parisians

Revealing the Shadows, a social, human and artistic vision of foreigners living in the shadow of Paris.

Project visual Revealing the Shadows - Portraits of the New Parisians
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07/21/2014
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€12,002
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<p> Hi guys&nbsp;! How are you&nbsp;?</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> It&rsquo;s been a while. I had to take some time to gather my thoughts about what just happened&hellip;I mean, last month opening was better than I ever had imagined. I had the chance to see many smily faces even if i twas only glimpses since I had to run all over the place. Revealing the Shadows was presented for the first time after working on for the past 17 months. I am so happy that you are all part of it and by the result.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Btw, I still need some of your address to give to some of you their rewards so please let met know when we could meet or where I could send it.</p> <p> Again, thank you for making this project happen&nbsp;!</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Back to business&nbsp;:</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> 1.I can tell you that the series is working and people are really enjoying it, that&rsquo;s what the director of the venue told me. It&rsquo;s good and we had different people sharing the page after the opening and I did 3 interviews for different platform and magazine (waiting to have them published).&nbsp; Revealing the Shadows was featured in a conference about portraits in photography in Luxembourg yesterday, pretty cool stuff (hopefully a podcast will soon be available).</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> If eveything works as planned, on April 15th, the series will be exhibited in Vilnius (Lithuania), at the French Institut. What I would like is to bring the series in each countries that the models come from (21 in total so a lot of work to do) so it is why it would be amazing if you talk about it to your friends, family, friends of friends and may be get contacts for an exhibition or for an article in the local newspaper. Any contact for publicity is Worth trying.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> You&rsquo;ll find the link of the press release here (French and English)&nbsp;: <a href="http://www.victorguerinphoto.com">www.victorguerinphoto.com</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Also works if you have contacts in Paris or other cities in France. So if you have some, let me know and I&rsquo;ll take care of it.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> 2.The exhibition is still on the walls of Les R&eacute;collets till the 3rd of January so if you would like to show it to friends or family and want me to come along, it would be my pleasure. I also have so many mirror to give to the people coming (also available at the front desk of Les R&eacute;collets).</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> 3. I love this project (my favorite one so far) and I gave it a lot of time and energy but now I have to get back to work. I mean a &laquo;&nbsp;real full time job&nbsp;&raquo;.&nbsp; If you have any contacts, here in Paris, please let me know cause mid-January is my deadline. Anything and I&rsquo;ll take it&nbsp;!</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> 4.All the photos exhibited are for sale and so as all the work on my website so if you have the chance to speard the info to people interested into photography here are the links&nbsp;: <a href="http://www.victorguerinphoto.com">www.victorguerinphoto.com</a> // <a href="http://www.victorsglimpses.tumblr.com">www.victorsglimpses.tumblr.com</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> So, if I don&rsquo;t see you before next year, I wish you all the best for Xmas and New Year Eve and hope to see you soon. For the others, let&rsquo;s hang out soon and celebrate&nbsp;!</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Take care.</p> <p> V.</p>
<p> Hi guys&nbsp;!</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> First of all, I really hope that you all enjoyed your summer and your holidays if you had the chance to take some.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> It&rsquo;s been a while since my last newsletter and I am dearly sorry about that but it has been really crazy those last months to be sure that our exhibition will be a great event for everybody.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> So it here goes&nbsp;(long list, get ready) :</p> <div id="gt-src-tools"> <div id="gt-src-tools-l"> <div id="gt-input-tool" style="display: inline-block;"> <div id="itamenu"> &nbsp;</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="almost_half_cell" id="gt-res-content"> <div dir="ltr" style="zoom:1"> <span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">-</span> <span class="hps">Some of you didn&#39;t give me their home address for me to send them their rewards so could you please contact me</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Some people</span> <span class="hps">have yet to</span> <span class="hps">choose their</span> <span class="hps">portoflio</span> <span class="hps">(rewards</span> <span class="hps">90</span> <span class="hps">or 150</span> <span class="hps">&euro;</span><span>)</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">Glimpses</span> <span class="hps">20x30cm</span> <span class="hps">(rewards</span> <span class="hps">&euro; 50</span><span>)</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">40x60cm</span> <span class="hps">Glimpses</span> <span class="hps">(rewards</span> <span class="hps">&euro; 80</span><span>)</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Here are the links</span> <span class="hps">to make your choice</span><span>:</span></span></div> </div> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/d4oz7pu055tg2yo/KKBB%20RewardPortfolio.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">Portfolio</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://victorsglimpses.tumblr.com/archive" target="_blank">Glimpses</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> - The opening will take place on the 6th of November at Les R&eacute;collets (150-154 rue du Faubourg St Martin, 75010, M&eacute;tro Gare de l&rsquo;Est). Starts at 6.30pm till 10pm. There is a bar there so I am sure that we&rsquo;ll be able to stay little bit longer. Feel free to invite as much people as you want. I&rsquo;ll create a FB event around the 10th of October. Also, it might me little bit to much cheessy, but at the opening if you could dress in black and white, that would be awesome. If you don&rsquo;t want to do it, doesn&rsquo;t matter but it could be cool. Just saying.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> - At the opening, we&rsquo;ll have the pleasure to have Ula &amp; Gerard (both NewParisians) playing for us and JC (also in the series) playing with his band.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> - &laquo;&nbsp;Revealing the Shadows The Movie&nbsp;&raquo; will be projected inside the building starting just after the speaches.&nbsp; It will be a good opportunity to see the photos really big&nbsp;!</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> - I worked on 2 different versions of the press release. French and English and here are the links. If you know anybody working in media (France and overseas) that could be interested in relaying the information of our exhibition, to come at the opening,, to make a paper, to make an interview or anything else that could help our project to be seen worldwide, that&rsquo;ll be great&nbsp;! I thank you for that. You can just copy and paste the link or download the document.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/d30ncof4obl7udl/RtS%20-%20Dossier%20de%20Presse.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">Press release in French.</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/v5fz2h82c6ky7kw/RtS%20-%20Dossier%20de%20Presse%20ENG.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">Press release in English.</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Also, you all know that I could like to exhibit this series in the different countries where the 50 models come from. So if you have any ideas of where I could submit the photos let me know. Or if you have direct contact in different venues, I&rsquo;ll be happy to try to contact them.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> - You all know that I am really touched that you are part of this project and without you, it would not have been possible. Thank you !</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> If you have any question, just send me an e-mail&nbsp;:</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Thank you so much to all of you and we keep in touch&nbsp;!</p> <p> V.</p>
<p> To celebrate the end of the campaign (still 900&euro; to raise within 3 days) here is the photo taken by one of my model on the night of the first Revealing the Shadows photo-shoot. Thanks for you help guys !</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <img alt="Vic032" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/108550/Vic032.jpg" /></p>
<p> <span class="userContent">Last night I did the 50th portrait for Revealing the Shadows. Jean-Christophe, who comes from Mauritius, chose the word &quot;Lumi&egrave;res&quot; to represent his Paris.<br /> <br /> To exhibit this photo, we need your help. There are only 7 days left to finance the project. Thank you for your help. </span></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <span class="userContent"><img alt="50_-_jc_-_f11_-_30__-_lumie_res" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/107775/50_-_JC_-_F11_-_30__-_Lumie_res.jpg" /> </span></p>
<p> <span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Only </span><span class="hps">16 days to</span> invest in <span class="hps">Revealing</span> <span class="hps">the Shadows</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Gerardo</span> <span class="hps">is part of</span> <span class="hps">this series</span> <span class="hps">and without your</span> <span class="hps">help, these</span> <span class="hps">50 portraits</span> <span class="hps">of </span><span class="hps">Parisians Foreigners</span> <span class="hps">will not</span> <span class="hps">be exhibited</span></span><br /> <br /> <img alt="49_-_gerardo_-_f11_-_30__-_processus" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/105846/49_-_Gerardo_-_F11_-_30__-_Processus.JPG" /></p>
<p> <span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">A new partner</span> <span class="hps">supports</span> <span class="hps">The New</span> <span class="hps">Parisians</span><span>.</span> Thanks to We-<span class="hps">Paris</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">for his article on</span> <span class="hps">the fundraising campaign </span><span>!</span> <span class="hps">Read</span> <span class="hps">the article and</span> <span class="hps">do not hesitate to</span> <span class="hps">help us with&nbsp;</span><span class="hps"> few coins</span><span>!</span></span></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://blog.we-paris.com/artmusic/revealing-the-shadows-portraits-of-the-new-parisians-2/?lang=en" target="_blank">http://blog.we-paris.com/<wbr />artmusic/revealing-the-<wbr />shadows-portraits-of-the-new-<wbr />parisians-2/?lang=en</a></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <img alt="We-paris" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/103718/We-Paris.jpg" /></p>
<p> <span class="userContent">Yes ! One of my model just helped the campaign, thank you Lauren !<br /> We only have till the 22nd of July to pledge and get involved in this project about 50 foreigners who live in Paris. Because of you, we will succeed !</span></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <span class="userContent"><img alt="13_-_lauren_-_revealing_the_shadows" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/103536/13_-_Lauren_-_Revealing_the_Shadows.jpg" /> </span></p>
<p> <span id="result_box" lang="en" tabindex="-1"><span class="hps">Hello</span> <span class="hps">to all on</span> <span class="hps">this day of celebration</span> <span class="hps">of music.</span><br /> <br /> <span class="hps">Before going out</span> <span class="hps">to party in</span> <span class="hps">the streets of Paris</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">around the world</span> <span class="hps">try to</span> <span class="hps">find other</span> <span class="hps">NewParisians</span><span>!</span> <span class="hps">Only 31</span> <span class="hps">days left to</span> <span class="hps">collect the</span> <span class="hps">remaining</span> <span class="hps">77%</span> <span class="hps">for</span> <span class="hps">this project.</span><br /> <br /> <span class="hps">Thank you</span> <span class="hps">all for your</span> <span class="hps">support and</span> <span class="hps">here&#39;s another</span> <span class="hps">New</span> <span class="hps">Parisian</span><span>:</span><br /> <br /> <span class="hps">Gerard</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">Australian</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">will be playing tonight</span> <span class="hps">on the</span> <span class="hps">Place de la Nation</span> <span class="hps">in Paris for the</span> <span class="hps">music festival</span><span>!</span></span></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <img alt="24_-_gerard_-_f16_-_30__-_story" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/102369/24_-_Gerard_-_F16_-_30__-_Story.JPG" /></p>
<p> <span style="color: rgb(55, 64, 78); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Like I told you, here is the video of on the 50 photo-shoots of Revealing the Shadows. Spread the word and keep talking about the campaign !</span></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <div class="embed"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="embedly-embed" frameborder="0" height="304" scrolling="no" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FOu-1qOzJ7SU%3Fwmode%3Dopaque%26feature%3Doembed&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DOu-1qOzJ7SU&amp;image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FOu-1qOzJ7SU%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=ff2702755d9749cda571c6d6c2f3eb46&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="540"></iframe></div> <div class="embed"> &nbsp;</div>
<p> <span class="userContent">Are you wondering how I created these photos ? Do you would like your friends to know to ? Let&#39;s check out at 6pm today !</span></p>
<p> <span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Hello,</span><br /> <br /> <span class="hps">We still have</span> <span class="hps">36 days</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">raise funds</span> <span class="hps">and if each</span> <span class="hps">person can find</span> <span class="hps">a friend</span> <span class="hps">who is willing to</span> <span class="hps">support the</span> <span class="hps">project for</span><span class="hps">f &euro; 1</span> <span class="hps">and that</span> <span class="hps">same person</span> find an<span class="hps"> </span></span><span lang="en"><span class="hps">another</span> person willing to put<span class="hps"> the same amount</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">so on,</span> <span class="hps">we can create</span> <span class="hps">a large community</span> <span class="hps">around the project.</span><br /> <br /> <span class="hps">Thank you</span> <span class="hps">very much for</span> <span class="hps">your help, we</span><span>&#39;ll get there</span><span>!</span></span></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <img alt="15_-_j-_36" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/101186/15_-_J-_36.jpg" /></p>
<p> <span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">After 10 days of</span> <span class="hps">campaign</span> <span class="hps">we are a little</span> <span class="hps">below the</span> <span class="hps">estimation of funding.</span> <span class="hps">Thank you</span> <span class="hps">again for your</span> <span class="hps">support and</span> <span class="hps">do not hesitate to</span> <span class="hps">involve your</span> <span class="hps">relatives.</span> <span class="hps">If everyone</span> <span class="hps">you know</span> <span class="hps">puts</span> <span class="hps">&euro; 1</span><span>, the project</span> <span class="hps">will have more</span> <span class="hps">visibility</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">encourage others</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">help us</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Thank you</span> <span class="hps">again.</span></span></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <img alt="10_-_j-_41" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/100145/10_-_J-_41.jpg" /></p>
<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}"> <p> On compte un nouveau partenaire pour &quot;Revealing the Shadows&quot; ! Le blog sur l&#39;art dans tous ses &eacute;tats, WikiLinks, vient de publier un article sur la campagne.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> There is a new partner involved in Revealing the Shadows ! WikiLinks a blog promoting art all around the world.</p> </div> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <a href="http://www.wikilinks.fr/resumer-paris-en-seul-mot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wikilinks.fr/resumer-paris-en-seul-mot/</a></p>
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<p> <span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">If you are in</span> <span class="hps">Paris</span> <span class="hps">during the campaign and</span> <span class="hps">you want to come</span> <span class="hps">with me</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">do some</span> <span class="hps">LightPainting</span> <span class="hps">in the Parisian&#39;s streets,</span> <span class="hps">do not hesitate to</span> <span class="hps">contact me.</span> <span class="hps">I would be</span> <span class="hps">delighted to</span> <span class="hps">teach you</span> <span class="hps">and your photo</span> <span class="hps">will be part</span> <span class="hps">of the countdown</span><span>.</span></span></p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> <img alt="3_-_j-_48" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/97918/3_-_J-_48.jpg" /></p>
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