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Claudine Doury French, Born in 1959 in Blois. Lives in Paris. Starting out in the daily press, then in magazines, she soon realised that she needed, alongside her professional and editorial activities, to develop her own projects. Lengthy projects, for which she decided to devote significant time, struggle against today’s fascination with speed, in order to go into greater depth, to avoid getting trapped in the world of superficial snapshots. Thus, for several years, she explored the cultures of the “little people” of Siberia, then chronicled the unlikely holiday camp in Artek, Ukraine. She also developed, in increasingly subtle colours, a sensitive exploration of the peoples of Central Asia. On each of her voyages she created large books, texts, images and objects, all intertwined, representing better than anything he obsession for otherness, and her determination to explore the world of adolescence. 
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Stories
 | Skins Parties (2010) The TV series SKINS, launched by Channel 4 in 2007, in which a group of teenagers from Bristol have extreme behaviours - sex, drug, alcohol - quickly had numerous fans among teenagers in England and abroad, and more and more unbridled parties inspired by the series are organized.
Claudine Doury attended several of these parties. The guests, informed via Facebook, are between 16 and 22 and from all social backgrounds. The organization is perfect : house refurbished for the occasion, bouncer at the entrance, changing room. Sexy outfits, unlimited alcohol, ectasy and poppers, the atmosphere is friendly, relaxed.
The guideline, "no limit", is soon applied : kisses are exchanged on the... |
 | Quinceaneras’ Cruise (2009) When young latino-american girl teenagers turn 15, they wear princess dresses. And if they live in Florida, those “quinceaneras” go to Caribbean for a cruise.
Claudine Doury follows teenage girls natives of Cuba island in their cruise on Caribbean sea. All of them are a part of the Cuban Diaspora established in Florida, and all of them want the “quinceanera” party which made a girl an adult.
On the “Liberty of the seas”, except tourist activities and going around, debutantes get ready to the night: the ball and its evening dresses, its dancing room, and its dinner suits’ partners.
Each young ladies waits impatiently the day of her “Quinceanera”. This event mobilizes the whole family... |
 | Ruisrock music festival in Finland (2007) Each year in July, the Ruisrock festival, in Finland, gathers thousands of young people who came to party during the three days of concerts. |
 | Loulan Beauty (2007) This is a story of a slow disappearance, into the sand and in time. The end of a world, a trip through post soviet central Asia and Xinjiang province in China. I had read "Djamila", by the Kyrghyz poet Tchinguiz Aitmatov, and it made me dream of the kolkhozes lost in the steppes and of its peoples : Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Karakapalks...
From 2002 to 2005, I managed to travel to the Aral region in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, on the banks of the Issyk Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan and in Xinjiang.
Claudine Doury
"Loulan Beauty" is the story of these peoples from the middle of the world, heirs of sunken kingdoms, of fishermen without a sea, of children who dance to bring back their parents who... |
 | The Savitsky Museum in Nukus, Uzbekistan (2007) Lost in the middle of Uzbekistan, in the city of Nukus, an extravagant museum is filled with masterpieces of the Russian avant-garde. This patrimony gathered by an art lover, Igor Savitsky, is today endangered, and the director of the museum, Marinika Babanazarova, is struggling alone to save it. In fact, the Ermitage, the big Moscow galleries are trying to "recover" these works, also coveted by corrupted Uzbek politicians. |
 | The lost sea of Bolivia (2006) Every year on March 23, Bolivia commemorates the coastline it once possessed, swearing to regain access to the Pacific. In the meantime, however, its navy is forced to perform its manoeuvres inland, on Lake Titicaca. |
 | Quinceaneras in Cuba (2006) According to the tradition of Hispanic families of the USA, Central America and some Latin American countries, the girls’ 15th birthday is celebrated.
I followed this rite of passage to adulthood in Havana.
In opposition to Miami where the quinceaneras usually cost between 7000 and 20000 dollars, in Cuba the families do what they can and usually begin saving money for this event on their daughter’s day of birth ( a Quince in Cuba costs around 1000 euros).
The families who can’t afford to organize a party offer their daughter a photo shoot in a studio.
The minimum for a girl is to have a photo album with different outfits. Anisleis’ mother, very poor, had clothes done and could buy the 7... |
 | USA, A teenager's first party (2005) Cathryn, a 13 years old American teenager, says goodbye to her childhood |
 | People of Siberia (1998) During several months, Claudine Doury lived with the nomad people living at the edges of the world, on the great iced lands of Siberia. |
 | The Amur River, Russia (1991) 4300 km long, the Amur River marks the border between China and Russia. It is at the same time a division and a link between the fishermen and the tradesmen for whom, more than a border, it is a common territory. |
Books
 | Loulan Beauty Chronique en image d'un voyage en Asie centrale post-soviétique, sur la route du coton, dans les ex-républiques du Kazakhstan, de l'Ouzbékistan, du Karakalpastan et jusqu'en Chine, dans le Xinjiang, pays de la minorité ouïghour. Les photographies de l'auteure témoigne de la vie quotidienne de peuples souvent méconnus, ballotés par l'histoire et qui luttent pour leur avenir. Publisher: Éditions du Chêne (2007) 124 pages Size: 30x22 cm ISBN :2842777409 
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 | Misère urbaine : La faim cachée Photographies : Jane Evelyn Atwood, Claudine Doury, Isabelle Eshraghi, Brigitte Grignet et Laurence Leblanc Les Gonaïves en Haïti, Naplouse dans les territoires palestiniens, Oulan Bator en Mongolie, Kinshasa en République Démocratique du Congo et Freetown en Sierra Leone, Buenos Aires en Argentine, chaque photographe témoigne de l'inacceptable précarité dans laquelle vivent les populations.Misère urbaine : La faim cachée Text by: Jean-Christophe Rufin, Roland Castro et Jacques Attali Publisher: Au Diable Vauvert (2006) 128 pages ISBN :2846261121
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 | Artek Créé en 1925 en Crimée, sur les bords de la mer Noire, Artek, le plus célèbre des camps de vacances pour jeunes adolescents, symbolisait la réussite du régime communiste. Depuis l'éclatement de l'URSS, malgré les profondes mutations sociales et politiques, Artek constitue aujourd'hui encore une étape importante dans la vie des jeunes adolescents russes. Chaque année, près de 4 500 enfants séjournent à Artek. L'uniforme a disparu, l'idéologie est plus discrète, mais tout ce qui singularise l'adolescence demeure : instants de solitude, de fragilité, métamorphose du corps, découverte de l'autre, jeu de séduction. Depuis 1993, Claudine s'est rendue à quatre reprises à Artek. Elle pose un regard empreint d'un profond respect et de fascination sur cet âge vulnérable. Text by: Christian Caujolle Publisher: La Martinière (2004) 104 pages Size: 24x26,6 cm ISBN :2732431214
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 | Regards sur le monde : les visages de la faim À l'occasion de ses vingt-cinq ans d'existence, Action contre la faim a demandé à cinq femmes photographes de partir en reportage à travers le monde pour illustrer le combat quotidien, et jamais achevé, qui est la raison d'être de l'association. Chacune à sa façon - Isabelle Eshraghi en Afghanistan, Brigitte Grignet au Guatemala, Jane Evelyn Atwood au Malawi, Laurence Leblanc en Somalie et Claudine Doury en Mongolie - nous offre un certain regard sur l'un des multiples visages de la faim dans le monde. La confrontation de ces cinq visions de femmes, témoins et artistes, fait de cet ouvrage le reflet de ce projet exceptionnel, à la fois constat et manifeste ; la beauté des photographies révèle, par contraste, l'urgence dans laquelle vivent ces populations. Text by: Jean-Christophe Ruff Publisher: Acropole Belfont (2004) 223 pages Size: 28x27,5 cm ISBN :2735702545
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 | Peuple de Sibérie La Sibérie évoque d'immenses espaces qui lient, séparent Orient et Occident. Image contrastée d'une terre où la richesse de l'or et des diamants voisine avec l'apocalypse industrielle et le noir souvenir du goulag. On connaît moins l'existence des vingt-six minorités autochtones dispersées sur le territoire, mosaïque d'identités aujourd'hui menacées. Text by: Jean-Pierre Thibaudat Publisher: Du Seuil (1999) 143 pages Size: 23x18 cm ISBN :2020372258
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 | Chronique d'un été Algérien Photographies de Claudine Doury, John Vink, Hugues de Wurstemberger et Patrick Zachmann Publisher: Plume (1993) ISBN :2908034824
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Awards
2004 - 3P Grant
2004 - Niepce Award
2000 - Paris-Match Award
2000 - World Press Photo Award
1999 - Leica-Oscar Barnack Award
1997 - Fiacre Grant
1996 - Villa Médicis Award "Hors les Murs"
Exhibitions
 | Réfléchir le monde (Bruxelles) From 2008-10-16 to 2009-01-11 This is the story of something slowly disappearing, into sand and time, the end of a world, a journey through post-Soviet Central Asia and the Chinese Xinjiang region. I had read Djamila by the Kirghiz poet Chingiz Aitmatov and I was dreaming about the kolkhozes lost in the steppes and their peoples, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Kirghiz, Karakalpaks, etc. From 2002 to 2005, I was able to travel to the Aral region in Kazakhstan, to Uzbekistan, to Xinjiang and to the banks of the Issyk-Koul in Kyrgyzstan. “Loulan beauty” shows these men from the middle of the worlds, heirs to kingdoms which have been...  More information... |
 | Loulan Beauty (Breda ) From 2008-09-24 to 2008-10-31 This is the story of something slowly disappearing, into sand and time, the end of a world, a journey through post-Soviet Central Asia and the Chinese Xinjiang region.I had read Djamila by the Kirghiz poet Chingiz Aitmatov and I was dreaming about the kolkhozes lost in the steppes and their peoples, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Kirghiz, Karakalpaks, etc.From 2002 to 2005, I was able to travel to the Aral region in Kazakhstan, to Uzbekistan, to Xinjiang and to the banks of the Issyk-Koul in Kyrgyzstan. “Loulan beauty” shows these men from the middle of the worlds, heirs to kingdoms which have been... More information... |
Corporate
Biography
Biographie de Claudine DouryPrix et bourses 2004 Niepce Award 2004 Yann Arthus Bertrand Award 2000 Paris-Match Award 2000 World Press photo Award, «Nature and environment stories» category 1999 Leica Oscar Barnack Award 1997 Fiacre – Ministry of Culture 1996 Villa Médicis hors les murs Expositions 2008 Loulan Beauty, Breda Photo, Breda’s Museum, Netherlands 2007 Loulan Beauty, Camera Obscura Gallery, Paris 2006 Peuples de Sibérie, Saint-Etienne Library - France 2005 Artek, l’Imagerie-Lannion - France 2005 Peuples de Sibérie, Noisy le Sec Library - France Parutions Ouighours en Chine, Géo Italy Communauté Gay à Nantes, Têtu Ouighours, Ulysse Portait Pierre Berger, Snob Le bal des débutants, Capital Musée Savitsky, Télérama Portrait Okrouachvili, Le Monde Bibliographie 2007 Loulan Beauty, Editions du Chêne 2006 100 photographes pour Handicap International 2006 Histoires de chaussures, Editions Nicolas Chaudun 2006 VU’à Paris, Editions Panini (ouvrage collectif) 2006 Agence VU' -Photo Poche (ouvrage collectif) 2004 Artek, Un été en Crimée, Editions de La Martinière Corporate Champion Christian Lacroix Flunch HSBC Max Havelaar Orpea Weston Contact us... |
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