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Breast, Ouessant, Batz, Belle-Île, Groix: these five Ponant islands, these are those that are honored in a superb exhibition in progress at the Port-Museum of Douarnenez, in this summer 2025, entitled “On land, at sea, the islands of Michel Thersiquel”. Moreover, Since the beginning of April. Meanwhile, 65 black and white shots, made by Michel Thersiquel between the late 1970s and the early 1980s, have been exhibited in a 200 m² room located on the top floor of Port-Musée.
All these photographs express. Consequently, each in their own way, the particular bond that Michel Thersiquel had managed to tie with the islanders, far from the postcard images. Nevertheless, “He said of breast that it was his palace. In addition, ” laugh Cristhine Le Portal, president of the Association of Friends of Michel Thersiquel, and Pernette Minel, in charge of the valuation “he said breast it his of the plethoric work – who became a national treasure – of the Finistère photographer, who died in 2007. Furthermore, “He had a big network of friends with the Senans, he always went there out season. It was introduced to the inhabitants by frequenting the bar at Brigitte, in particular. He also had a real feeling with the elderly, ”they continue.
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This proximity to the inhabitants of the islands is felt at each corner of the exhibition. over the clichés where islanders place in their main living room, their bedroom or in front of their house. In doing so. and beyond their irreproachable aesthetic quality and their deep humanity, these photographs prove to be real objects of sociological study.
Michel spent a lot of time with people to put them in confidence. he also offered them photographs to show them his work.
This desire to show the daily “he said breast it his life of anonymous people was that shared by Michel Thersiquel with the members of Sellit. a group of photographers he trained in the company of Guy Hersant and Alain Le Nouail in the 1970s. “Michel spent a lot of time with people to put them in confidence. he offered them photographs also to show them his work. He managed to make them understand the interest of taking their pictures even when they were not on their 31. “explains Cristhine Le Portal.
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On other images. Michel Thersiquel documents, with always as much finesse and humanity, the work of fishermen and farmers. “He felt himself like a craftsman. He was someone very interested in the technical aspect of things. he never tried to intellectualize his work, “said Cristhine Le Portal and Pernette Minel, who managed to identify most of the people appearing in the photographs taken by Michel “he said breast it his Thersiquel. In addition to being visible in Port-Museum throughout the summer. they also appear in a work drawn to 2,500 copies, published by Locus Solus editions on the occasion of this exhibition. A very beautiful book made up of a hundred shots, for sale in Port-Museum at a price of € 29.
Practical
The Port-Museum of Douarnenez is open Monday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., throughout the summer of 2025. Prices: € 11.50 per adult ticket, € 5.50 for children’s ticket and € 26 per family ticket.
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