PARIS.- The Salon de la Photo in Paris in November has become a flagship event showcasing innovations and new products on the photography market. It’s THE annual event for anyone interested in photography, whether amateur enthusiasts or professionals.

With 80,612 visitors – an increase of +12,3% on 2011 – the 2012 edition of the Salon de la Photo was the most popular since it began. It is now a major event on the international calendar.

Presenting top world brands and covering cameras, picture editing, printing and image sharing, the Salon de la Photo offers an outstanding schedule including specially curated exhibitions, public presentations, opportunities to meet top photographers, workshops and discussions, as well as a popular retail village and bookshop.

For its eventh edition, le Salon de la Photo turns the spotlight on the Movies
The Maison Européenne de la Photographie has put together an exhibition of 26 portraits of the most legendary Hollywood stars from the 1930s to the 1960s, taken by top photographers: Richard Avedon, Walter Carone, George Hurrell, Jean-Loup Sieff, Raymond Voinquel.

MOVIE SPOTLIGHT: Nouvelle Vague studio photographs by Raymond Cauchetier with a retrospective at the SALON DE LA PHOTO: «Flashback sur Raymond Cauchetier» looking back over his career: his life in Indochina, his travels in Asia, and his passion for medieval art.

«When I started out in the cinema I never imagined that I would soon be taking photos illustrating the revolutionary films of the Nouvelle Vague. At the time, studio photographers were technicians whose role was not well defined. They were usually required to take photos from the camera angle at the end of a shot, and then they had to get off the set. (…) People didn’t know what to do with these photos, which were only really used for continuity purposes. But then Jean-Luc Godard appeared, filming Breathless. And the world of film got a breath of fresh air…» R. Cauchetier

MOVIE SPOTLIGHT: "Grandes Rencontres"
Still cameras now have video capabilities and SLRs are used to make movies, as shown in the work of Cédric Klapisch. He will be the guest of the Grandes Rencontres on 9 November. 7ème Art

"Oddly enough, we saw that for night shots SLR cameras were better than movie cameras. We got pictures that were more or less impossible using film. As well as their small size, which makes it possible to take them into inaccessible places, still cameras give the actors a lot more freedom because you don’t have to worry about the time you spend filming or the cost of the film. And because the cameras are less expensive, you can use several for a single take. It was a new way of working -- it makes things more natural and brings everything closer to a documentary approach. Ultimately, the picture is different not only in technical terms but also in terms of how the scenes are directed". C. Klapisch Cédric