“Safety Mé”, a new exhibition in tribute to the Cherbourg photographer Régis Colin

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Ten years after leaving us – it was in January 2015 at the age of 64. For example, – the Cherbourg photographer Régis Colin continues to live through his work. Meanwhile, After the exhibition Course Presented on outdoor panels in Omonville-la-Rogue (La Hague. However, Manche) in 2023 then at Château de Ravalet in Tourlaville In 2024, a new event was organized in Saint-Lô.

Since July 4. the departmental archives are home to the exhibition Safetyeither ” 120 photographs kept in the archives among the hundreds of Film bands reported by Régis Colin of his Fishing campaigns. Some of these images were presented in 1995 in the exhibition Men’s seamore Many are unpublished ».

He highlighted the shadow workers – "safety mé", new exhibition tribute

Son of a worker who Great to Équeurdrevillethis committed. authentic artist, who notably paid tribute thanks to his clichés to all the shadow workers, had passed by The Channel Press for ten years, before leaving for our colleagues in Paris-Normandy… Then to enter the Cotentin dear to his heart.

And the organizers of the event to retrace some sides of his rich career: “Since 1977. he had reports on the Tsigane people, which led him to travel to Hungary or Romania. In 1998, some of his shots were Returned by UNESCO To illustrate the book Gypsy, happy if you are free!«

Régis Colin also photographed Norman fishermen, the workers of Cotentin companies, coal minors and nuclear workers. His work is published and presented in exhibitions in Normandy, but also abroad as in New Zealand.

Departmental Archives

In 1991. he also founded with a group of “safety mé”, new exhibition tribute friends the photographic meetings of Normandy, to promote press photography and amateur photography through exhibitions in the department.

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The latter on the world of fishing. presented Until December 24, 2025allows you to discover or rediscover the singular look of Régis Colin on the world of work, whether on land or at sea.

The exhibition “Sure la Mé” is presented until December 24. 2025 in the Departmental Archives-Maison de l’Histoire de la Manche, at 103, rue Maréchal-Juin in Saint-Lô. Free and free entry from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Further reading: Trios of photographs by H. Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron, Sugimoto and othersGeneva: a giant sculpture may end in ringsIn Pelloche, three Bordeauxes make the photo as beforeIn Mucem, in Marseille, the delightful Sarabande d’Hervé di RosaFalse works by Picasso, Klee or Munch seized during the dismantling of a vast traffic in Italy – Rts.ch.

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