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'''Olivier Roller''' (born 1972 in [[Strasbourg]]), is a French [[photographer]] based in [[Paris]]. Specialized in photographic [[portrait]]s, he is creating, since 2009, a photographic fresco about figures of power, portraits of the "emperors of today", which he confronts to the faces of the past, from [[Ancient history|antiquity]] to [[Napoleon]].
| name = Olivier Roller
| image = Olivier Roller par Claude Truong-Ngoc mars 2015.jpg
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| birth_date = 1972
| birth_place = [[Strasbourg]]
| occupation = French photographer
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'''Olivier Roller''' (born 1972 in [[Strasbourg]]) is a [[French people|French]] photographer based in [[Paris]]. He specializes in photographic [[portrait]]s, and since 2009 he has been creating photographic [[fresco]]s. The images are about individuals of power, which he places in settings or poses reminiscent of historic portraits, from [[Ancient history|antiquity]] to [[Napoleon]], creating portraits of the "emperors of today."


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
After political sciences and law studies in Strasbourg, Olivier Roller becomes [[photographer]].
After studying political science and law studies in Strasbourg, Olivier Roller became a photographer.


He describes the power and influence in France, in this beginning of 21st century, by the individuals who compose them : ministers, financials, advertisers, medias leaders…{{Quote|If the power is immutable, men of power are friable. […] What is photographed is a changing power, pending, maybe disappearing. […] The power is that dream to challenge time, knowing that time will be stronger. […] The men of power knows what he lost|source=Olivier Roller}}
He describes power and influence in France in the beginning of the 21st century through the individuals who represent them (ministers, financiers, advertisers, media leaders…){{Quote|If the power is immutable, men of power are friable. […] What is photographed is a changing power, pending, maybe disappearing. […] The power is that dream to challenge time, knowing that time will be stronger. […] The men of power knows what he lost|source=Olivier Roller}}


=== The beginnings ===
=== The beginnings ===
Olivier's first portrait is one of his grandfather in 1994, in a very tight frame and devoid of artifices, with already the urge to go beyond the clichés of the portrait: smile, stand straight, be beautiful.
Olivier's first portrait was of his grandfather in 1994, in a very tight frame and devoid of artifices.


Still a student, he finally turned to photography, with which he found his language and a new means of communication. He needed faces, which is why he went to meet many writers and filmmakers who promoted their work in bookstores and venues. The press subsequently promptly gives him assignments.
While he was still a student he took an interest in photography. To find faces to photograph, he approached many writers and filmmakers who were promoting their work in bookstores and venues. This promptly led to the press giving him assignments.


=== Jeanne Moreau ===
=== Jeanne Moreau ===
This portrait, made in December 2005, is the first that he realizes for him, out of any assignment. He followed [[Jeanne Moreau]] at a film festival in Belgium. Back in Paris, he asks if he can photograph her "for nothing". He wants to move away from assignments, where the model is in a communication logic.
While on assignment, Oliver followed [[Jeanne Moreau]] to a film festival in Belgium. Back in Paris, he contacted her to ask if he could photograph her. He wanted to move away from assignments and instead photograph the subjects more authentically and realistically. This photograph is now the cover of the book ''Visage'' by Bruno Chibane, gathering 20 years of portraits of assignments of Olivier Roller.
At the end of the session, he realizes his first self-portrait, sticking his face to that of the actress. This photograph is now the cover of the book ''Visage'' by Bruno Chibane, gathering 20 years of portraits of assignments of Olivier Roller.


=== Figures of power ===
=== Figures of power ===
In 2008, the Musée du [[Louvre]] gave him a carte blanche in the following terms "would you like to work on the equivalent of [[Nicolas Sarkozy|Sarkozy]] (''French president)'' and [[François Fillon|Fillon]] (''Sarkozy' prime minister''), 2000 years ago ?". He will spend 6 months, every Tuesday (public closure’ day), all alone in the gallery of Antiques.
In 2008, the Musée du [[Louvre]] gave him carte blanche in the following terms: "Would you like to work on the equivalent of [[Nicolas Sarkozy|Sarkozy]] (the ''French president)'' and [[François Fillon|Fillon]] (''Sarkozy's prime minister''), 2000 years ago?". He spent every Tuesday (public closure’ day) for six months, all alone in the Gallery of Antiques.


From the following year, he set out to confront the faces of today's "emperors" (financiers, publicists, intellectuals, diplomats, politicians ...) with their counterparts of the past (from the Roman emperors to [[Napoleon]]). This project is still in progress.
In the following year, he set out to confront the faces of today's "emperors" (financiers, publicists, intellectuals, diplomats, politicians, etc.) with their counterparts of the past (from the [[List of Roman emperors|Roman emperors]] to [[Napoleon]]). He contacts the men of power and proposes to them that they come to make a portrait in his studio, and to become a face hanging on the wall of an exhibition. This project is still in progress.

He contacts the men of power, proposes to them to come to make a portrait in his studio, and to become a face hanging on the wall of an exhibition.

He makes contemporaries and, sometimes, alive these pieces of sculpted stone where each break or scratch is the mirror of our fragilities.


=== The influence of surfing ===
=== The influence of surfing ===
In the collective book ''West is the Best'', Olivier Roller speaks about his [[surfing]] practice, that he compares to photography.
In the collective book ''West is the Best'', Olivier Roller speaks about his [[surfing]] practice, that he compares to photography.


Being in the ocean, in the middle of the waves, allows him not to think, just to be present. He describes this practice as "a symbolic vehicle for advancement," and explains that surfing has allowed him "to reach a certain animality" and "reconnects with reality". As in his photographic practice, Olivier Roller explains that he loves the shifting, unpredictable and even disappointing side of the practice. He compares photography to the ocean, who "has nothing against you, but you will never be able to dominate him, you just have to be humble."
Being in the ocean, in the middle of the waves, allows him to not think but just be present. He describes this practice as "a symbolic vehicle for advancement" and explains that surfing has allowed him "to reach a certain animality" and "reconnect with reality.". Olivier Roller explains that he loves the shifting, unpredictable, and even disappointing side of surfing. The same applies to photography. He compares photography to the ocean: "It has nothing against you, but you will never be able to dominate it, you just have to be humble."


== Exhibitions ==
== Exhibitions ==
* 2017-2018 : [[:fr:Musée du Louvre|Musée du Louvre]], « Théâtre du Pouvoir » septembre 2017 à juillet 2018<ref>{{cite web |title=Exposition - Théâtre du pouvoir - Petite Galerie {{!}} Musée du Louvre {{!}} Paris|url=http://www.louvre.fr/expositions/theatre-du-pouvoir|date=2017-05-17|accessdate=2017-06-21}}.</ref>
* 2017–2018: [[:fr:Musée du Louvre|Musée du Louvre]], « Théâtre du Pouvoir » septembre 2017 à juillet 2018<ref>{{cite web |title=Exposition – Théâtre du pouvoir – Petite Galerie {{!}} Musée du Louvre {{!}} Paris|url=http://www.louvre.fr/expositions/theatre-du-pouvoir|date=2017-05-17|accessdate=2017-06-21}}.</ref>
* 2017 : [[:fr:Centre des monuments nationaux|Centre des monuments nationaux]], [[:fr:Château d'Angers|château d'Angers]], installation ''La Cathédrale de fil''
* 2017: [[:fr:Centre des monuments nationaux|Centre des monuments nationaux]], [[:fr:Château d'Angers|château d'Angers]], installation ''La Cathédrale de fil''
* 2017 : [[:fr:Maison européenne de la photographie|Maison européenne de la photographie]], acquisitions récentes - Paris
* 2017: [[:fr:Maison européenne de la photographie|Maison européenne de la photographie]], acquisitions récentes – Paris
* 2016 : Palazzo Al-Temps / musées nationaux romains, Rome <ref>{{cite web |title=Exposition de photos d’Olivier Roller – Palazzo Altemps – Spazio Nuovo {{!}}|url=http://www.nuovimecenati.org/fr/exposition-de-photos-dolivier-roller-palazzo-altemps-spazio-nuovo/|website=www.nuovimecenati.org|language=fr-FR|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
* 2016: Palazzo Al-Temps / musées nationaux romains, Rome<ref>{{cite web |title=Exposition de photos d'Olivier Roller – Palazzo Altemps – Spazio Nuovo {{!}}|url=http://www.nuovimecenati.org/fr/exposition-de-photos-dolivier-roller-palazzo-altemps-spazio-nuovo/|website=www.nuovimecenati.org|language=fr-FR|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
* 2016 : « Les larmes de la terre », The Temple (Pékin), Banpo (Xi-An), Changsha, Dunhuang - Chine<ref>{{cite web |title=Le festival Croisements va de l’avant !|url=https://cn.ambafrance.org/Le-festival-Croisements-va-de-l-avant|website=La France en Chine|language=fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
* 2016: « Les larmes de la terre », The Temple (Pékin), Banpo (Xi-An), Changsha, Dunhuang – Chine<ref>{{cite web|title=Le festival Croisements va de l'avant !|url=https://cn.ambafrance.org/Le-festival-Croisements-va-de-l-avant|website=La France en Chine|language=fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* 2015 : « Oser la photographie », [[:fr:Musée Réattu|musée Réattu]], Arles <ref>{{cite web |title=Oser la photographie : 50 ans d'une collection d'avant garde à Arles|url=http://www.museereattu.arles.fr/oser-la-photographie.html|last=Multimedia|first=Pôle Sud Production|website=www.museereattu.arles.fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
* 2015: « Oser la photographie », [[:fr:Musée Réattu|musée Réattu]], Arles<ref>{{cite web |title=Oser la photographie : 50 ans d'une collection d'avant garde à Arles|url=http://www.museereattu.arles.fr/oser-la-photographie.html|last=Multimedia|first=Pôle Sud Production|website=www.museereattu.arles.fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
* 2015 : « Carte blanche à Olivier Roller », Mobilier national, musée des Gobelins, Paris<ref>{{cite web |title=Mobilier national : Expositions / Expositions précédentes|url=http://www.mobiliernational.culture.gouv.fr/fr/expositions/expositions-precedentes/48/carte-blanche-a-olivier-roller|website=www.mobiliernational.culture.gouv.fr|language=fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
* 2015: « Carte blanche à Olivier Roller », Mobilier national, musée des Gobelins, Paris<ref>{{cite web |title=Mobilier national : Expositions / Expositions précédentes|url=http://www.mobiliernational.culture.gouv.fr/fr/expositions/expositions-precedentes/48/carte-blanche-a-olivier-roller|website=www.mobiliernational.culture.gouv.fr|language=fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
* 2015 : « Aller Dehors », La Criée, centre d’art contemporain, Rennes<ref>{{cite web |title=a l l e r dehors - La criée|url=http://www.criee.org/a-l-l-e-r-dehors|website=www.criee.org|language=fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
* 2015: « Aller Dehors », La Criée, centre d’art contemporain, Rennes<ref>{{cite web |title=a l l e r dehors – La criée|url=http://www.criee.org/a-l-l-e-r-dehors|website=www.criee.org|language=fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
* 2014 « Figure di potere », Spazionuovo, Rome
* 2014 « Figure di potere », Spazionuovo, Rome
* 2014 « Lumières », [[:fr:Musée Cognacq-Jay|musée Cognacq-Jay]], carte blanche à [[:fr:Christian Lacroix|Christian Lacroix]], Paris<ref>{{Cite web |language=French |title=Visions des Lumières Musée Cognacq-Jay |work=Artscape |date=20 February 2015 |url=http://www.artscape.fr/carte-blanche-christian-lacroix-musee-cognac-jay/ |access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref>
* 2014 « Lumières », [[:fr:Musée Cognacq-Jay|musée Cognacq-Jay]], carte blanche à [[:fr:Christian Lacroix|Christian Lacroix]], Paris<ref>{{Cite web |language=French |title=Visions des Lumières Musée Cognacq-Jay |work=Artscape |date=20 February 2015 |url=http://www.artscape.fr/carte-blanche-christian-lacroix-musee-cognac-jay/ |access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref>
* 2013 : « Mon île de Montmajour », [[:fr:Abbaye de Montmajour|abbaye de Montmajour]], centre des monuments nationaux commissariat Christian Lacroix, Arles<ref>{{cite web |title=Mon ile de montmajour|url=http://m.cnap.fr/mon-ile-de-montmajour}}</ref>
* 2013: « Mon île de Montmajour », [[:fr:Abbaye de Montmajour|abbaye de Montmajour]], centre des monuments nationaux commissariat Christian Lacroix, Arles<ref>{{cite web |title=Mon ile de montmajour|url=http://m.cnap.fr/mon-ile-de-montmajour}}</ref>
* 2013 « Rodin, la lumière de l’antique », [[:fr:Musée de l'Arles antique|musée de l'Arles antique]], Arles
* 2013 « Rodin, la lumière de l’antique », [[:fr:Musée de l'Arles antique|musée de l'Arles antique]], Arles
* 2010-2013 « Figures du pouvoir 1 », exposé à :
* 2010–2013 « Figures du pouvoir 1 », exposé à :
** [[:fr:La Filature|La Filature]], [[:fr:Mulhouse|Mulhouse]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Expo "Figures du pouvoir" à La Filature|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYE1LkV8G7I|last=Alsace20|date=2013-09-16|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
** [[:fr:La Filature|La Filature]], [[:fr:Mulhouse|Mulhouse]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Expo "Figures du pouvoir" à La Filature|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYE1LkV8G7I|last=Alsace20|website = YouTube|date=2013-09-16|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
** Musée des Moulages, [[:fr:Lyon|Lyon]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Photographie olivier roller figures du pouvoir au muse 769 e des moulages lyon 3e - - Tribune de Lyon|url=http://www.tribunedelyon.fr/?agenda/culture/soiree/37909-photographie-olivier-roller-figures-du-pouvoir-au-muse-769-e-des-moulages-lyon-3e-|website=www.tribunedelyon.fr|language=fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
** Musée des Moulages, [[:fr:Lyon|Lyon]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Photographie olivier roller figures du pouvoir au muse 769 e des moulages lyon 3e – - Tribune de Lyon|url=http://www.tribunedelyon.fr/?agenda/culture/soiree/37909-photographie-olivier-roller-figures-du-pouvoir-au-muse-769-e-des-moulages-lyon-3e-|website=www.tribunedelyon.fr|language=fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
** MIA Art Fair, [[:fr:Milan|Milan]]
** MIA Art Fair, [[:fr:Milan|Milan]]
** [[:fr:Villa Aurélienne|Villa Aurélienne]], [[:fr:Fréjus|Fréjus]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Portraits photographique du pouvoir et de l'influence par Olivier Roller {{!}} Actuphoto|url=http://fr.actuphoto.com/21429-portraits-photographique-du-pouvoir-et-de-l-influence-par-olivier-roller.html|website=fr.actuphoto.com|language=fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
** [[:fr:Villa Aurélienne|Villa Aurélienne]], [[:fr:Fréjus|Fréjus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Portraits photographique du pouvoir et de l'influence par Olivier Roller {{!}} Actuphoto|url=http://fr.actuphoto.com/21429-portraits-photographique-du-pouvoir-et-de-l-influence-par-olivier-roller.html|website=fr.actuphoto.com|language=fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
** SpazioNuovo, [[:fr:Rome|Rome]], festival Foto Roma<ref>{{cite web |title=Olivier Roller - Spazio Nuovo Gallery, Rome - 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb1bjaPcWsY|last=Spazio Nuovo|date=2013-04-25|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
** SpazioNuovo, [[:fr:Rome|Rome]], festival Foto Roma<ref>{{cite web |title=Olivier Roller – Spazio Nuovo Gallery, Rome – 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb1bjaPcWsY|last=Spazio Nuovo|website = YouTube|date=2013-04-25|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
** Festival Fotoleggendo, [[:fr:Rome|Rome]]<ref>{{Cite web |language=Italian |title=ISFCI & FotoLeggendo presentano 'Figures du pouvoir' di Olivier Roller |work=ISFCI BLOG |date=21 September 2011 |url=http://www.isfci.com/blogg/?p=483 |access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref>
** Festival Fotoleggendo, [[:fr:Rome|Rome]]<ref>{{Cite web |language=Italian |title=ISFCI & FotoLeggendo presentano 'Figures du pouvoir' di Olivier Roller |work=ISFCI BLOG |date=21 September 2011 |url=http://www.isfci.com/blogg/?p=483 |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108174544/http://www.isfci.com/blogg/?p=483 |archive-date=8 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** Grange de Dorigny, [[:fr:Lausanne|Lausanne]] & participation au colloque universitaire « Le visage dans tous ses états »<ref>{{cite web |title=Figures du Pouvoir - GDD|url=http://www.grangededorigny.ch/archives/grangededorigny/page86810.html|website=www.grangededorigny.ch|language=fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
** Grange de Dorigny, [[:fr:Lausanne|Lausanne]] & participation au colloque universitaire « Le visage dans tous ses états »<ref>{{cite web |title=Figures du Pouvoir – GDD|url=http://www.grangededorigny.ch/archives/grangededorigny/page86810.html|website=www.grangededorigny.ch|language=fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
** [[:fr:Musée de la photographie André Villers|Musée de la photographie André Villers]], [[:fr:Mougins|Mougins]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Empereurs romains et autres figures du pouvoir au Musée […] - Art Côte d'Azur|url=http://www.artcotedazur.fr/actualite,109/exposition,110/empereurs-romains-et-autres-figures-du-pouvoir-au-musee-de-la-photographie-de,4726?lang=fr|website=www.artcotedazur.fr|language=fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
** [[:fr:Musée de la photographie André Villers|Musée de la photographie André Villers]], [[:fr:Mougins|Mougins]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Empereurs romains et autres figures du pouvoir au Musée […] – Art Côte d'Azur|url=http://www.artcotedazur.fr/actualite,109/exposition,110/empereurs-romains-et-autres-figures-du-pouvoir-au-musee-de-la-photographie-de,4726?lang=fr|website=www.artcotedazur.fr|language=fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
** Institut culturel de [[:fr:Fukuoka|Fukuoka]] (Japon)<ref>{{cite web |title=Exposition d’Olivier Roller Figures du Pouvoir, portraits d’Olivier Roller|url=http://fukuoka-fr.blogspot.fr/2011/02/exposition-dolivier-roller-figures-du.html|website=fukuoka-fr.blogspot.fr|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
** Institut culturel de [[:fr:Fukuoka|Fukuoka]] (Japon)<ref>{{cite web |title=Exposition d'Olivier Roller Figures du Pouvoir, portraits d'Olivier Roller|url=http://fukuoka-fr.blogspot.fr/2011/02/exposition-dolivier-roller-figures-du.html|website=fukuoka-fr.blogspot.fr|date=2 February 2011|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
** Institut franco-japonais, [[:fr:Tokyo|Tokyo]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview d’Olivier Roller {{!}} NEON Magazine|url=https://neon.color-lounge.com/2010/11/interview-olivier-roller/|website=neon.color-lounge.com|language=fr-FR|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>
** Institut franco-japonais, [[:fr:Tokyo|Tokyo]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview d'Olivier Roller {{!}} NEON Magazine|url=https://neon.color-lounge.com/2010/11/interview-olivier-roller/|website=neon.color-lounge.com|language=fr-FR|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref>


== Publications ==
== Publications ==
* Années 2010
* Années 2010
** 2016 : ''Nefta''<ref>{{cite web |title=Nefta|url=http://www.delair.fr/nefta-photographies-olivier-roller/}}</ref> - Éditions de l'Air, des livres.<ref>{{cite web |title=de l’air, des livres – de l'air, le magazine qui donne à voir|url=http://www.delair.fr/de-lair-des-livres/|website=www.delair.fr|language=fr-FR|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref> Photographies prises dans les environs de Nefta dans le desert Tunisien, lieu de tournage des premiers Star Wars. {{ISBN|978-2-9526699-5-5}}
** 2016: ''Nefta''<ref>{{cite web |title=Nefta|url=http://www.delair.fr/nefta-photographies-olivier-roller/}}</ref> – Éditions de l'Air, des livres.<ref>{{cite web |title=de l'air, des livres – de l'air, le magazine qui donne à voir|url=http://www.delair.fr/de-lair-des-livres/|website=www.delair.fr|language=fr-FR|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref> Photographies prises dans les environs de Nefta dans le desert Tunisien, lieu de tournage des premiers Star Wars. {{ISBN|978-2-9526699-5-5}}
** 2015 : ''Visage mis à nu - Regard sur 20 ans de portraits - 304 pages - 200 portraits''<ref>{{cite web |title=Face(s)|url=http://www.r-diffusion.org/index.php?lang=fr&article=ZUT-02&multisite_origine=rdiffusion}}</ref>''.'' Sous la direction de Bruno Chibane. Contributions ou interviews de [[:fr:Rodolphe Burger|Rodolphe Burger]], [[:fr:Jean-Claude Brisseau|Jean-Claude Brisseau]], [[:fr:Daniel Cohn-Bendit|Daniel Cohn-Bendit]], [[:fr:Christophe Donner|Christophe Donner]], [[:fr:Clara Dupont-Monod|Clara Dupont-Monod]], [[:fr:Mike Hodges|Mike Hodges]], [[:fr:Julia Kerninon|Julia Kerninon]], [[:fr:André S. Labarthe|André S. Labarthe]], [[:fr:Jean-Luc Nancy|Jean-Luc Nancy]], [[:fr:Nathalie Quintane|Nathalie Quintane]]... Chic Média Éditeur {{ISBN|978-2-9544852-0-1}}
** 2015: ''Visage mis à nu – Regard sur 20 ans de portraits – 304 pages – 200 portraits''<ref>{{cite web |title=Face(s)|url=http://www.r-diffusion.org/index.php?lang=fr&article=ZUT-02&multisite_origine=rdiffusion}}</ref>''.'' Sous la direction de Bruno Chibane. Contributions ou interviews de [[:fr:Rodolphe Burger|Rodolphe Burger]], [[:fr:Jean-Claude Brisseau|Jean-Claude Brisseau]], [[:fr:Daniel Cohn-Bendit|Daniel Cohn-Bendit]], [[:fr:Christophe Donner|Christophe Donner]], [[:fr:Clara Dupont-Monod|Clara Dupont-Monod]], [[:fr:Mike Hodges|Mike Hodges]], [[:fr:Julia Kerninon|Julia Kerninon]], [[:fr:André S. Labarthe|André S. Labarthe]], [[:fr:Jean-Luc Nancy|Jean-Luc Nancy]], [[:fr:Nathalie Quintane|Nathalie Quintane]]... Chic Média Éditeur {{ISBN|978-2-9544852-0-1}}
** 2011 : ''10 MAI 81, une journée particulière'',<ref>{{cite web |title=olivier roller photographer - mai 1981|url=https://www.olivierroller.com/pages/mai81.html|website=www.olivierroller.com|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref> accompagnée de textes d'[[:fr:Emmanuel Lemieux|Emmanuel Lemieux]], [[:fr:Bourin Éditeur|Bourin Éditeur]] {{ISBN|978-2-84941-231-2}}
** 2011: ''10 MAI 81, une journée particulière'',<ref>{{cite web |title=olivier roller photographer – mai 1981|url=https://www.olivierroller.com/pages/mai81.html|website=www.olivierroller.com|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref> accompagnée de textes d'[[:fr:Emmanuel Lemieux|Emmanuel Lemieux]], [[:fr:Bourin Éditeur|Bourin Éditeur]] {{ISBN|978-2-84941-231-2}}
* Années 2000
* Années 2000
** 2007 : ''Face(s)'',<ref>https://www.olivierroller.com/pages/faces.html</ref> 31 écrivains réagissent au portrait qu'Olivier Roller a fait d'eux, [[:fr:Éditions Argol|éditions Argol]] {{ISBN|978-2-91597-821-6}}
** 2007: ''Face(s)'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.olivierroller.com/pages/faces.html | title=Olivier roller photographer – faces }}</ref> 31 écrivains réagissent au portrait qu'Olivier Roller a fait d'eux, [[:fr:Éditions Argol|éditions Argol]] {{ISBN|978-2-91597-821-6}}
** 2005 : ''Clarita's Way''<ref>{{cite web |title=olivier roller photographer - clarita's way|url=https://www.olivierroller.com/pages/clarita's_way.html|website=www.olivierroller.com|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref> (bilingue français - anglais), exergue de [[:fr:Gertrude Stein|Gertrude Stein]], postface de [[:fr:Clara Dupont-Monod|Clara Dupont-Monod]], traduction de [[:fr:Philippe Aronson|Philippe Aronson]], L'opossum Éditions {{ISBN|978-295209-420-7}}
** 2005: ''Clarita's Way''<ref>{{cite web |title=olivier roller photographer – clarita's way|url=https://www.olivierroller.com/pages/clarita's_way.html|website=www.olivierroller.com|accessdate=2017-06-13}}</ref> (bilingue français – anglais), exergue de [[:fr:Gertrude Stein|Gertrude Stein]], postface de [[:fr:Clara Dupont-Monod|Clara Dupont-Monod]], traduction de [[:fr:Philippe Aronson|Philippe Aronson]], L'opossum Éditions {{ISBN|978-295209-420-7}}
** 2002 : ''Aperghis, kaléidoscope d'une résidence'', textes d'Isabelle Freyburger, Jempresse Éditions & Desmaret {{ISBN|978-291367-523-0}}
** 2002: ''Aperghis, kaléidoscope d'une résidence'', textes d'Isabelle Freyburger, Jempresse Éditions & Desmaret {{ISBN|978-291367-523-0}}


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/cultura/2010-06-09/tutti-olivier-roller-ritratto-101600.shtml Il Sole 24, Tutti da Olivier Roller per un ritratto "con rughe" alla francese, 09/06/2010]
* [http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/cultura/2010-06-09/tutti-olivier-roller-ritratto-101600.shtml Il Sole 24, Tutti da Olivier Roller per un ritratto "con rughe" alla francese, 09/06/2010]
* [http://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/2015/04/29/03015-20150429ARTFIG00386-le-mobilier-national-fait-decoller-la-tapisserie.php Le Figaro, Le mobilier national fait décoller la tapisserie, 29/04/2015]
* [http://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/2015/04/29/03015-20150429ARTFIG00386-le-mobilier-national-fait-decoller-la-tapisserie.php Le Figaro, Le mobilier national fait décoller la tapisserie, 29/04/2015]

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Olivier Roller
Olivier Roller par Claude Truong-Ngoc mars 2015
Born1972
Strasbourg
OccupationFrench photographer


Olivier Roller (born 1972 in Strasbourg) is a French photographer based in Paris. He specializes in photographic portraits, and since 2009 he has been creating photographic frescos. The images are about individuals of power, which he places in settings or poses reminiscent of historic portraits, from antiquity to Napoleon, creating portraits of the "emperors of today."

Biography

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After studying political science and law studies in Strasbourg, Olivier Roller became a photographer.

He describes power and influence in France in the beginning of the 21st century through the individuals who represent them (ministers, financiers, advertisers, media leaders…)

If the power is immutable, men of power are friable. […] What is photographed is a changing power, pending, maybe disappearing. […] The power is that dream to challenge time, knowing that time will be stronger. […] The men of power knows what he lost

— Olivier Roller

The beginnings

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Olivier's first portrait was of his grandfather in 1994, in a very tight frame and devoid of artifices.

While he was still a student he took an interest in photography. To find faces to photograph, he approached many writers and filmmakers who were promoting their work in bookstores and venues. This promptly led to the press giving him assignments.

Jeanne Moreau

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While on assignment, Oliver followed Jeanne Moreau to a film festival in Belgium. Back in Paris, he contacted her to ask if he could photograph her. He wanted to move away from assignments and instead photograph the subjects more authentically and realistically. This photograph is now the cover of the book Visage by Bruno Chibane, gathering 20 years of portraits of assignments of Olivier Roller.

Figures of power

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In 2008, the Musée du Louvre gave him carte blanche in the following terms: "Would you like to work on the equivalent of Sarkozy (the French president) and Fillon (Sarkozy's prime minister), 2000 years ago?". He spent every Tuesday (public closure’ day) for six months, all alone in the Gallery of Antiques.

In the following year, he set out to confront the faces of today's "emperors" (financiers, publicists, intellectuals, diplomats, politicians, etc.) with their counterparts of the past (from the Roman emperors to Napoleon). He contacts the men of power and proposes to them that they come to make a portrait in his studio, and to become a face hanging on the wall of an exhibition. This project is still in progress.

The influence of surfing

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In the collective book West is the Best, Olivier Roller speaks about his surfing practice, that he compares to photography.

Being in the ocean, in the middle of the waves, allows him to not think but just be present. He describes this practice as "a symbolic vehicle for advancement" and explains that surfing has allowed him "to reach a certain animality" and "reconnect with reality.". Olivier Roller explains that he loves the shifting, unpredictable, and even disappointing side of surfing. The same applies to photography. He compares photography to the ocean: "It has nothing against you, but you will never be able to dominate it, you just have to be humble."

Exhibitions

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Publications

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  • Années 2010
    • 2016: Nefta[18] – Éditions de l'Air, des livres.[19] Photographies prises dans les environs de Nefta dans le desert Tunisien, lieu de tournage des premiers Star Wars. ISBN 978-2-9526699-5-5
    • 2015: Visage mis à nu – Regard sur 20 ans de portraits – 304 pages – 200 portraits[20]. Sous la direction de Bruno Chibane. Contributions ou interviews de Rodolphe Burger, Jean-Claude Brisseau, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Christophe Donner, Clara Dupont-Monod, Mike Hodges, Julia Kerninon, André S. Labarthe, Jean-Luc Nancy, Nathalie Quintane... Chic Média Éditeur ISBN 978-2-9544852-0-1
    • 2011: 10 MAI 81, une journée particulière,[21] accompagnée de textes d'Emmanuel Lemieux, Bourin Éditeur ISBN 978-2-84941-231-2
  • Années 2000

References

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  1. ^ "Exposition – Théâtre du pouvoir – Petite Galerie | Musée du Louvre | Paris". 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2017-06-21..
  2. ^ "Exposition de photos d'Olivier Roller – Palazzo Altemps – Spazio Nuovo |". www.nuovimecenati.org (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  3. ^ "Le festival Croisements va de l'avant !". La France en Chine (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-13.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Multimedia, Pôle Sud Production. "Oser la photographie : 50 ans d'une collection d'avant garde à Arles". www.museereattu.arles.fr. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  5. ^ "Mobilier national : Expositions / Expositions précédentes". www.mobiliernational.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  6. ^ "a l l e r dehors – La criée". www.criee.org (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  7. ^ "Visions des Lumières Musée Cognacq-Jay". Artscape (in French). 20 February 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Mon ile de montmajour".
  9. ^ Alsace20 (2013-09-16). "Expo "Figures du pouvoir" à La Filature". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-06-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Photographie olivier roller figures du pouvoir au muse 769 e des moulages lyon 3e – - Tribune de Lyon". www.tribunedelyon.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  11. ^ "Portraits photographique du pouvoir et de l'influence par Olivier Roller | Actuphoto". fr.actuphoto.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-13.[permanent dead link‍]
  12. ^ Spazio Nuovo (2013-04-25). "Olivier Roller – Spazio Nuovo Gallery, Rome – 2013". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  13. ^ "ISFCI & FotoLeggendo presentano 'Figures du pouvoir' di Olivier Roller". ISFCI BLOG (in Italian). 21 September 2011. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Figures du Pouvoir – GDD". www.grangededorigny.ch (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  15. ^ "Empereurs romains et autres figures du pouvoir au Musée […] – Art Côte d'Azur". www.artcotedazur.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  16. ^ "Exposition d'Olivier Roller Figures du Pouvoir, portraits d'Olivier Roller". fukuoka-fr.blogspot.fr. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  17. ^ "Interview d'Olivier Roller | NEON Magazine". neon.color-lounge.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  18. ^ "Nefta".
  19. ^ "de l'air, des livres – de l'air, le magazine qui donne à voir". www.delair.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  20. ^ "Face(s)".
  21. ^ "olivier roller photographer – mai 1981". www.olivierroller.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  22. ^ "Olivier roller photographer – faces".
  23. ^ "olivier roller photographer – clarita's way". www.olivierroller.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
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