Bruno Serralongue

Bruno Serralongue (b. 1968) has developed a distinctive body of work that questions the truth of photographic representation and how images are produced, disseminated and circulated in contemporary contexts. He pursues traces of media events that marked key moments in regions facing geopolitical changes: global economic and social forums, celebrations of new independent nations such as Kosovo and South Sudan in the aftermaths of civil wars, strikes and labour conflicts. Instead of seeking...See more

Bruno Serralongue (b. 1968) has developed a distinctive body of work that questions the truth of photographic representation and how images are produced, disseminated and circulated in contemporary contexts. He pursues traces of media events that marked key moments in regions facing geopolitical changes: global economic and social forums, celebrations of new independent nations such as Kosovo and South Sudan in the aftermaths of civil wars, strikes and labour conflicts. Instead of seeking spectacular images of these events in the voyeuristic and dramatic style of the photojournalists, Serralongue captures angles normally excluded from the mainstream media's framing of 'reality' and surmounts considerable difficulties to cover events in his independent manner. Through images such as campfires in the campsite of striking workers at the New Fabris factory in Châtellerault, France, Serralongue symbolises rage and determination in the face of exploitation and oppression. See less