Fondation Henri Cartier‑Bresson Unveils Dual Photography Exhibitions in Paris

Summary

• Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson presents parallel solo exhibitions by Daido Moriyama and Nuits Balnéaires through October 4, 2026
• Moriyama investigates photographic obsession via 60 prints and text installation.
• Ivorian artist Nuits Balnéaires explores transgenerational memory

At the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris, two major exhibitions have opened simultaneously this month: Daido Moriyama’s Love Letters to Photography and Nuits Balnéaires’ Eboro.

Daido Moriyama’s Love Letters to Photography is structured around his lifelong obsession with the medium itself, presenting 60 prints alongside documents and publications from the Moriyama Foundation archives. The exhibition explores his radical break with convention in Farewell Photography (1972), his experimental essays and his repeated pilgrimages to sites linked to Nicéphore Niépce. Notable works include his blurred, grainy images that challenged the definition of “good” photography, and his tributes to Niépce’s "View from the Window at Le Gras," which Moriyama photographed and revisited across decades.

The exhibition also foregrounds Moriyama’s metaphoric imagery and writings. His iconic 1971 photograph of a stray dog, reproduced across countless formats, is presented as a self‑portrait and emblem of his instinctive, visceral approach to photography. Other works include self‑portraits through shadows and reflections, and images of cameras, film rolls, and sunflowers — recurring motifs that serve as metaphors for the medium itself.

Running in parallel, the Fondation presents Nuits Balnéaires’ Eboro, the Ivorian artist’s first monographic exhibition in France. Known for his multidisciplinary practice spanning fine art, fashion, and poetry, Nuits Balnéaires draws on cinema, literature, and cultural history while remaining deeply rooted in the coastal town of Grand‑Bassam. Created as part of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès’ Latitudes program, Eboro introduces a more autobiographical dimension, tracing the unresolved death of his uncle Noël X. Ebony, a journalist and playwright, in Dakar in 1986.

Curated by David Campany, Creative Director of the International Center of Photography, Eboro unfolds as interconnected visual chapters shaped by familial memory and place. The exhibition embraces water as a recurring motif, reflecting the artist’s ties to the Gulf of Guinea and his exploration of life, death, and communication between states of being. A dedicated publication, Eboro, featuring poems by Noël X. Ebony and an interview with Campany, extends the exhibition’s narrative, situating Nuits Balnéaires as a vital new voice in global contemporary photography.

Both exhibitions are currently on view at the Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson and will remain on view until October 4, 2026.

Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson
79 Rue des Archives, 75003 Paris, France

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