Klavdij Sluban
France
Inhabiting Exile
Inhabiting Exile
Inhabiting Exile is a world premiere exhibition by French/Slovenian photographer Klavdij Sluban. It was commissioned by the Guernsey Photography Festival which has always focussed on sourcing and working with contemporary photographers of the highest level.
Internationally renowned for his atmospheric black and white photography using literature as a source of inspiration, Klavdij Sluban was invited to be part of the 2012 Guernsey Photography Festival.
During his stay on the island the acclaimed photographer visited Hauteville House, the home of the French writer Victor Hugo, who lived in political exile in Guernsey from 1855 to 1870.
Sluban fell under the spell of Hugo’s exile home. This visit eventually resulted in the Guernsey Photography Festival commissioning a project to follow on from the success of the Martin Parr Liberation exhibition in 2013.
Sluban does not attempt to illustrate Hauteville House literally, but interprets this awe inspiring space using his own unique vision and his natural understanding of the contrasts between light and dark.
This project will also be presented at the Victor Hugo House in Paris (6 Nov 2014 - 17 March 2015).
Outdoor exhibition is sponsored by
Project sponsored by Musées Ville de Paris, Maisons Victor Hugo, Guernsey Museums, Guernsey Arts Commission, Norman Piette Ltd
Klavdij Sluban
Winner of the European Publishers Award for Photography 2009, of the Leica Prize (2004) and the main French prize in photography the Niepce Prize (2000), Klavdij Sluban is a French photographer of Slovenian origin. He develops a rigorous and coherent body of work, never inspired by immediate and sensational current affairs, making him one of the most interesting photographers of his generation. His images are on show in such leading institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Photography of Tokyo, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, the Museum of Photography in Helsinki and the Fine Arts Museum in Canton.
