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Brigitte Bardot during Roger Vadim ’ s shooting of the film ‘ And God Created Woman ’, 1956 . Mirkine Collection
THE MIRKINES , FILM PHOTOGRAPHERS AT THE MASSÉNA MUSEUM IN NICE
Until May 15 , 2022
Behind art , there are sometimes remarkable human stories . Those of courageous , admirable , exemplary men . When talent meets humanity , nothing is more beautiful . The exhibition at the Masséna Museum in Nice thus stands out as this instant of grace .
The retrospection traces the story of a Russian , fleeing from the Bolshevik revolution to Nice . Not only did he wonderfully integrate into French society and this legendary city , but distinguished himself in the Resistance , relentlessly fighting the Nazis . Léo Mirkine , the Victorine studios ’ photographer , had made his workshop on the rue de France a true Resistance hub . Joined by his son Siki after the war , he produced remarkable images of film stars and sets , featured in some 80 oeuvres of the 7th Art . The exhibition truly takes us through an epic history .
Reunion . Léo Mirkine and Kirk Douglas . 1980 . Mirkine Collection
Claudio Cardinale , Brigitte Bardot , Abel Gance , Gérard Philippe , Jean Cocteau , Michel Piccoli , Jean-Paul Belmondo .... Softly , on tiptoe we venture into the Vadim , Clouzot , Carné , Lautner ’ s film sets ... These precious witnesses share the most beautiful cinema years of Nice . But Léo Mirkine also embodies a figure at the forefront of the human rights revolution . Having worked as a reporter in Africa and in the post-war USSR , his images express , better than words , the suffering , the abuse and the need to appeal for humanity . An exhibition not to be missed .
« Mirkine par Mirkine : photographes de cinéma » Masséna Museum 65 , Rue de France , Nice
Gérard Philippe and Anouk Aimée in the film ‘ Montparnasse 19 ’ by Jacques Becker . 1958 . Mirkine Collection
Michèle Morgan , Grace Kelly , Romy Schneider , Martine Carol ,
‘ Papa , Mama , the Maid and I ’ by Jean- Paul Le Chanois , 1954 Mirkine Collection
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© Mirkine Collection
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