{"id":8411,"date":"2020-10-05T07:19:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T05:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/?p=8411"},"modified":"2025-08-07T17:22:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:22:27","slug":"the-figure-of-christ-in-contemporary-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/the-figure-of-christ-in-contemporary-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"The Figure of Christ in Contemporary Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><strong>Premi\u00e8re \u00e9tude des repr\u00e9sentations de J\u00e9sus en photographie.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Andres Serrano, Catherine Opie, David LaChapelle, Renee Cox, Wang Qingsong, Bettina Rheims, nombreux sont les artistes contemporains qui se sont int\u00e9ress\u00e9s aux th\u00e8mes chr\u00e9tiens et en particulier \u00e0 la figure du Christ quelles que soient leur origine et leur \u00e9ducation religieuse.<\/p>\n<p>Souvent alter ego de l&rsquo;artiste, voire porte-parole, le Christ est investi d&rsquo;un discours et de revendications, reflet des pr\u00e9occupations personnelles de l&rsquo;artiste, voix de combats socio-politiques portant notamment sur des questions de genre, d&rsquo;ethnie et d&rsquo;orientation sexuelle. Face \u00e0 cette multiplication d&rsquo;incarnations profanes, comment interpr\u00e9ter les \u00e9carts face aux canons, les transgressions entreprises face \u00e0 la tradition iconographique qui ont pu mener jusqu\u2019aux scandales?<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019ouvrage de Nathalie Dietschy (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/hart\/fr\/home.html\">Section d&rsquo;histoire de l&rsquo;art<\/a>), qui comporte plus de 150 illustrations, analyse la diversit\u00e9 des repr\u00e9sentations christiques en photographie et leur r\u00e9ception. Ce volume invite \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir et \u00e0 mieux comprendre la vari\u00e9t\u00e9 des visages du Christ aujourd\u2019hui.<\/p>\n<p>Une<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elysee.ch\/expositions-et-evenements\/videos\/la-representation-du-christ-en-photographie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">table ronde<\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>avec Andres Serrano, Faisal Abdu\u2019Allah et Olivier Christinat a \u00e9t\u00e9 organis\u00e9e 2016, en partenariat avec le Mus\u00e9e de l\u2019\u00c9lys\u00e9e, \u00e0 l&rsquo;occasion de la parution de l&rsquo;ouvrage en fran\u00e7ais<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/le-christ-au-miroir-de-la-photographie-contemporaine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Le Christ au miroir de la photographie contemporaine<\/em><\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>(Alphil, 2016).<\/p>\n<p>Nathalie Dietschy,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaktionbooks.co.uk\/display.asp?ISB=9781789142082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Figure of Christ in Contemporary Photography<\/em><\/a>, London, Reaktion Books, 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8413\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2020\/07\/Cover_RB_lowres.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"382\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n<h6><strong>ZOOM SUR L&rsquo;OUVRAGE<\/strong><\/h6>\n<div class=\"su-youtube su-u-responsive-media-yes\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-uKo7-VWRx0?\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture\" title=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n<h6><strong>TOUTES LES NOTICES DE<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><strong>Nathalie Dietschy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-posts su-posts-teaser-loop \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-15298\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/la-reappropriation-des-images-dans-lart-et-les-medias-contemporains\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-hart-cin-reappropriation-des-images-couv.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"2025 hart cin re\u0301appropriation des images couv\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-hart-cin-reappropriation-des-images-couv.jpg 818w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-hart-cin-reappropriation-des-images-couv-435x638.jpg 435w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-hart-cin-reappropriation-des-images-couv-768x1127.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/la-reappropriation-des-images-dans-lart-et-les-medias-contemporains\/\">La r\u00e9appropriation des images dans l\u2019art et les m\u00e9dias contemporains<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-13908\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/glaciers-alpins-sous-toiles-une-histoire-photographique\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2025\/05\/2025-hart-glaciers-alpins-sous-toiles-e1752227542174.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"2025 hart glaciers alpins sous toiles\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/glaciers-alpins-sous-toiles-une-histoire-photographique\/\">Glaciers alpins sous toiles. Une histoire photographique<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-8411\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/the-figure-of-christ-in-contemporary-photography\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2020\/07\/Cover_RB_lowres.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/the-figure-of-christ-in-contemporary-photography\/\">The Figure of Christ in Contemporary Photography<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-1451\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/le-christ-au-miroir-de-la-photographie-contemporaine\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1029\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/11\/DIETSCHY_Christ_miroir_2017.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/11\/DIETSCHY_Christ_miroir_2017.jpg 1029w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/11\/DIETSCHY_Christ_miroir_2017-435x507.jpg 435w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/11\/DIETSCHY_Christ_miroir_2017-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/11\/DIETSCHY_Christ_miroir_2017-768x896.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/11\/DIETSCHY_Christ_miroir_2017-878x1024.jpg 878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1029px) 100vw, 1029px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/le-christ-au-miroir-de-la-photographie-contemporaine\/\">Le Christ au miroir de la photographie contemporaine<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-511\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/le-christ-reenvisage-variations-photographiques-contemporaines\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/09\/le-Christ-reenvisage.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/09\/le-Christ-reenvisage.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/09\/le-Christ-reenvisage-435x645.jpg 435w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/09\/le-Christ-reenvisage-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/le-christ-reenvisage-variations-photographiques-contemporaines\/\">Le Christ r\u00e9envisag\u00e9. Variations photographiques contemporaines<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-1979\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/jesus-en-representations-de-la-belle-epoque-a-la-postmodernite\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2018\/01\/jesus-en-representations.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2018\/01\/jesus-en-representations.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2018\/01\/jesus-en-representations-435x661.jpg 435w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2018\/01\/jesus-en-representations-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/jesus-en-representations-de-la-belle-epoque-a-la-postmodernite\/\">J\u00e9sus en repr\u00e9sentations. De la Belle \u00c9poque \u00e0 la postmodernit\u00e9<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-8902\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/points-de-vue-sur-jesus-au-xxe-siecle\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2020\/10\/002632035.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/points-de-vue-sur-jesus-au-xxe-siecle\/\">Points de vue sur J\u00e9sus au XXe si\u00e8cle<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premi\u00e8re \u00e9tude des repr\u00e9sentations de J\u00e9sus en photographie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001615,"featured_media":8413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[550,2459,2455,1373,2468,2470,2456,2463,2466,2467,2460,2465,50,2472,2675,2469,2464,266,2457,2461,2471,1214,2462,2458],"class_list":{"0":"post-8411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-medias","8":"tag-andres-serrano","9":"tag-bettina-rheims","10":"tag-catherine-opie","11":"tag-centre-des-sciences-historiques-de-la-culture-shc","12":"tag-christ","13":"tag-contemporary-photography","14":"tag-david-lachapelle","15":"tag-duane-michals","16":"tag-fred-holland-day","17":"tag-jesus","18":"tag-joan-fontcuberta","19":"tag-joel-peter-witkin","20":"tag-nathalie-dietschy","21":"tag-newsletter-20","22":"tag-newsletter-21","23":"tag-photographie-contemporaine","24":"tag-pierre-et-gilles","25":"tag-provocation","26":"tag-renee-cox","27":"tag-sam-taylor-johnson","28":"tag-scandal","29":"tag-section-dhistoire-de-lart","30":"tag-vanessa-beecroft","31":"tag-wang-qingsong"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001615"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15274,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8411\/revisions\/15274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}