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# Remember Me at the Bourse de Commerce
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/11/14/remember-me-bourse-de-commerce/
- Published: 2026-11-14T11:29:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-14T11:29:54.000Z
- Description: The Bourse de Commerce in Paris celebrates photography’s bicentenary with an exhilarating greatest hits show comprising some 700 prints by 70 photographers from the 19th century to the present day.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Blog, Art

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Remember Me at the Bourse de Commerce. Irving Penn vs Helmut Newton

To celebrate photography’s bicentenary, the Bourse de Commerce has unveiled a generous selection of photos from François Pinault’s largely unseen collection: some 700 prints by 70 artists, drawn from roughly 8,000 holdings. The roster dazzles. Irving Penn and Raymond Depardon, with his wistful portraits of provincial France, each command a dedicated room. The rotunda has been taken over by Barbara Kruger, who has created an immersive installation of words and images, covering the walls and the floor. Beyond these monographic spaces unfolds a sweeping survey stretching from 1854 to the present, encompassing [Cindy Sherman](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/12/15/cindy-sherman-at-fomu/)’s invented personas, Robert Capa’s wartime photographs, Alfred Stieglitz’s modernist landmarks, and a procession of other luminaries, from Man Ray to [Richard Avedon](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2009/02/27/richard-avedon-at-foam/) and [Wolfgang Tillmans](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/08/17/wolfgang-tillmans-at-the-centre-pompidou/), almost all rendered in exquisite prints.

The exhibition is divided into eight chapters: Facing the sea, Seriality and typology, The fabrication of the image, The art of composition, The language of hands, Face to face, The body revealed and Disappearance/abstraction. While contemporary urban and landscape photography—exemplified by pioneers such as Stephen Shore, William Eggleston, and [Edward Burtynsky](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/13/edward-burtynsky-extraction-abstraction/)—is conspicuously absent, an exhibition of even this magnitude cannot be entirely exhaustive.

There are no revelations and no surprises, at least not to me, but it is a joy to see so many great photographs brought together in a single show. Although I possess numerous photography books, including Taschen’s *20th Century Photography*, which mirrors the expansive range of the present show, experiencing the medium within a gallery setting provides a distinct perspective.

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The World According to Penn at the Bourse de Commerce

I particularly enjoyed "The World According to Penn", which traces the career of Irving Penn from the 1940s to the early 2000s. Inevitably there is some overlap with the Penn and Fashion show at the nearby Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP), but I highly recommend visiting both.

**Remember Me** is at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris until 18 January 2027.

### Related Posts

[Irving Penn at the Grand Palais](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2017/10/26/irving-penn-at-the-grand-palais/).

[Exteriors. Annie Ernaux and Photography](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/05/17/exteriors-annie-ernaux-and-photography/) at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie.

[Civilization. The Way We Live Now](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/05/16/civilization-the-way-we-live-now-at-the-kunsthalle-muenchen/) at the Kunsthalle München.