{"id":368672,"date":"2025-12-25T20:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T20:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/368672\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T20:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T20:44:10","slug":"the-art-of-photography-in-childrens-books-explored-in-new-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/368672\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Photography in Children&#8217;s Books Explored in New Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Robert-Doisneau-1-2-3-4-5.-Compter-en-samusant.-La-Guilde-du-livre-Lausanne-Editions-Clairefontaine-.jpeg\" alt=\"A group of seven children dressed as acrobats form a human pyramid on a dark stage, while the left page shows the number 7 with yellow chicks and a French poem about seven children playing circus acrobats.\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" class=\"size-large wp-image-831160\"  \/>Robert Doisneau, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Compter en s\u2019amusant. La Guilde du livre, Lausanne, E\u0301ditions Clairefontaine, Lausanne, 1955. \u00a9 ATELIER ROBERT DOISNEAU, GAMMA RAPHO <\/p>\n<p>A new exhibition explores the history of photography in children\u2019s books from their rise in the 1930s to the present day. <\/p>\n<p>Running from September 19, 2025, to February 1, 2026, <a href=\"https:\/\/elysee.ch\/en\/exhibitions\/l-is-for-look\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener nofollow\">L is for Look<\/a>, an exhibition at the Photo Elys\u00e9e in Lausanne, Switzerland, focuses on how photographic books have shaped children\u2019s learning, imagination, and engagement with the world. Most of the works on display come from the Photo Elys\u00e9e library, one of Europe\u2019s largest collections of photography books, holding over 30,000 titles.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ylla-Camilla-Koffler-dite-85-chats-La-Guilde-du-livre-Lausanne-1952.-\u00a9-Pryor-Dodge--800x511.jpg\" alt=\"Six black-and-white photos show playful kittens leaping, jumping, and pouncing energetically against a plain background. Some kittens are mid-air, while others are interacting in pairs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"511\" class=\"size-large wp-image-831157\"  \/>Ylla (Camilla Koffler, known as), 85 cats, La Guilde du livre, Lausanne, 1952 \u00a9 Pryor Dodge <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Reinhard-Matz-Fruhstuck-Petit-dejeuner-1995-2000.-\u00a9-Reinhard-Matz-661x800.jpg\" alt=\"A sandwich decorated to look like a face with olive eyes, salami tongue, and cheese teeth sits on a plate next to a white mug with a cartoon dinosaur and hot chocolate inside.\" width=\"661\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-831161\"  \/>Reinhard Matz, Fr\u00fchst\u00fcck (Breakfast), 1995-2000 \u00a9 Reinhard Matz <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Enzo-Arnone-Cicci-Cocco-2025.-\u00a9-Enzo-Arnone-800x546.jpg\" alt=\"Three young children walk along a paved path in front of a house. The girl in the center wears a yellow dress and carries a green bucket, while the two boys beside her wear casual clothes and appear to be talking or eating.\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" class=\"size-large wp-image-831171\"  \/>Enzo Arnone,  Cicc\u00ec Cocc\u00f2, 2025 \u00a9 Enzo Arnone <\/p>\n<p>According to the exhibition, in the 1930s, children\u2019s photobooks were primarily educational, designed to enrich vocabulary and knowledge. Their graphic and material design \u2014 including spiral binding, interactive features, and fold-out pages \u2014 encouraged a participatory approach to learning. After World War II, photobooks evolved to support children\u2019s understanding of the world and differences among people, exploring lifestyles, origins, and disabilities while encouraging emotional expression.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tana-Hoban-avec-Edith-Baer-The-Wonder-of-Hands-La-magie-des-mains-Editions-Parents-Magazine-New-York.jpeg\" alt=\"A smiling girl claps her hands, while on the opposite page, two hands create a bird shadow on a wall. Text reads: &quot;Hands do many different things...Clap for joy, flap like wings.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" class=\"size-large wp-image-831162\"  \/>Tana Hoban avec Edith Baer, The Wonder of Hands, \u00c9ditions Parents Magazine, New York, 1970 \u00a9 Miela Ford <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tana-Hoban-Look-Again-Macmilan-Publishing-Company-New-York-1971.-\u00a9-Estate-of-Tana-Hoban.01-800x445.j.jpeg\" alt=\"A child blows on a dandelion in a black and white photo on the left; on the right, there is a small abstract black and white striped square centered on a blank background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"445\" class=\"size-large wp-image-831165\"  \/>Tana Hoban, Look Again!, Macmilan Publishing Company, New York, 1971<br \/>\u00a9 Estate of Tana Hoban <\/p>\n<p>From the 1950s onwards, under the influence of cinema, television, and live performance, children\u2019s photobooks expanded into fiction. Through image sequencing, the books became narrative mediums, while photography gained artistic recognition as a tool for subjective expression. Today, advances in digital tools and mixed media have led to new approaches combining drawing and photography in children\u2019s illustration.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Emmanuel-Sougez-Alphabet-Editions-Antoine-Roche-Paris-1932.-Droits-reserves--800x391.jpg\" alt=\"A large red letter &quot;B&quot; and lowercase &quot;b&quot; appear on the left side with the word &quot;ball&quot; written in English and French. On the right, four balls, including a striped one, sit on a surface inside a net.\" width=\"800\" height=\"391\" class=\"size-large wp-image-831158\"  \/>Emmanuel Sougez, Alphabet, \u00c9ditions Antoine Roche, Paris, 1932. All rights<br \/>reserved <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Adam-Broomberg-et-Oliver-Chanarin-A-Z-Humans-and-Other-Animals-A-Z-Humains-et-autres-animaux-2016.-\u00a9.jpeg\" alt=\"A young person in a buttoned shirt raises one hand, pointing upward, with a yellow squiggle drawn above their finger on a plain background.\" width=\"783\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-large wp-image-831164\"  \/>Adam Broomberg et Oliver Chanarin, A-Z Humans and Other Animals, 2016 \u00a9 Late Estate of Broomberg and Chanarin <\/p>\n<p>Following its presentation in Lausanne, the exhibition L is for Look will tour Europe, visiting the Museum Folkwang in Essen, the Rencontres de la Photographie d\u2019Arles, the Photographers\u2019 Gallery in London, U.K., the Centre National de l\u2019Audiovisuel in Luxembourg, Foto Arsenal in Vienna, Australia, and concluding in 2028 at the Institut pour la Photographie in Lille, France.<\/p>\n<p>Image credits: All photos courtesy of Photo Elys\u00e9e.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert Doisneau, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 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