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“James’ House” and “Hunting Heart” are part of the program of the side events taking place during the PhotoVogue Festival.
“James House” and “Hunting Heart” are two projects part of the exhibition presented by Leica Galerie Milano, inside the recently renovated Leica Store. They both are love stories in black and white, taken between 1999 and 2023 Jacob Aue Sobol and Sara Aue Sobol: the first is a love that grew amidst the ice, when the photographer went to Greenland. The second narrates the love between Jacob- a "father, fisherman, and photographer" - and his wife, Sara, shared through the images they both created.
“James house” is a visual exploration of the three years Sobol spent in Greenland and his encounter with James, an Inuit man who taught him how to hunt, fish, and survive in a extreme environment. "James taught me how to spot seals and use a hunter s tools. He taught me when to speak and when to be silent. How to be present. For the years I was in Tiniteqilaaq, James s house seemed like the center of the universe. It was full of laughter, tears, and silence. A place of warmth and embrace." says Jacob Aue Sobol
“Hunting Heart” is a collaborative work in which Jacob s vision is harmoniously combined with Sara s to give the audience an intimate portrait of their family life. The black and white of James s images are intertwined with Sara s colourful visions. Their photographs portray their children, their home and everyday life with intensity and tenderness. Like Jacob says, photography is the medium he found out to be the best for him to connect with people and places and to create and share intimacy. And the use of highly contrasted black and white is for him like a privileged path he creates for the viewer, to immediately connect with their emotion.
The two stories in the exhibition tell us about the complexity of human relationships, across different cultures and countries and in different environments. "James House" tells the story of a boy who becomes a man and then a fisherman, searching for his self-sufficiency, while "Hunting Heart" surprises us as the revealing chapter of this epic: Sara meets Jacob, and together they become something else, in life as parents and in photography, with two voices that blend without ever becoming confused. “Hunting Heart" is the meeting of two great artists, and I am proud to be able to exhibit this project in Milan for the first time.” - Maurizio Beucci, curator and Head of Leica Akademie Italy
Family. Nature. Photography. Fundamental words for Jacob Aue Sobol. In the end, all his photographs are love stories. Love for life. For the other. For family. "James House" and even more so "Hunting Hearts" are love stories. An essential experience that changed Jacob is his encounter with Sara, with whom he has had two children and with whom he shares life and an approach to photography; she is also a photographer and co-author of this project. Their entire world is narrated in a continuous shot, like a stream of consciousness in images, in an inseparable cycle that makes up their daily lives. - Claudio Composti, curator
For many of his works Jacob Aue Sobol uses, among other cameras, the Leica M Monochrom, of which he became the first global ambassador. It is a tool that allows him, thanks to the absence of a matrix of colored filters and very high resolution, to make uncompromising choices for his raw aesthetics.
The Leica M Monochrom, designed exclusively for black and white photography, is solid and reliable. It is simultaneously vintage and an example of the most advanced photographic technology.
On November 18 and 19 Leica Akademie (Via Mengoni, 4, Milano) offers a masterclass during which Jacob and Sara Aue Sobol will be present. This two-day journey aims to inspire the participant to find their own voice and personal expression. For more information: Leica masterclass.
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“James’ House” and “Hunting Heart”
Aritsts: Jacob and Sara Aue Sobol. Curated by Maurizio Beucci and Claudio Composti
November 17, 2023 - end of January 2024
Tuesday – saturday: 10.00 -14.00; 15.00 – 19.00
Leica Galerie Milano
Via Giuseppe Mengoni, 4
20121, Milano
Here the complete list of the other side events taking place in the same days of the Festival.
- Cfp Bauer. “Is this Water”. Curated by the professors and the students of the school.
- Condominio. “Twin Spark”. Curated by Giulia Restifo and Alessandro Calabrese . Artists: Anca Adina Bettega, Matteo Capriotti, Caterina Dondi, and Francesca Rossi.
- Armani/Silos. "Guy Bourdin: Storyteller". Curated by Giorgio Armani and the Guy Bourdin Estate.
- 29 Arts in Progress. “Michel Haddi: Beyond Fashion”.
- Micamera. “Swim Till I Sank”. Artist: Gabriele Stabile.
- Istituto Italiano di Fotografia. “Ex Novo. Digestioni a catena”. Artists: Giuseppe Laera and Luigi Notarnicola.
- Perimetro. “MATCH!”. An experimental workshop curated by Perimetro Learn.
- Podbielski Contemporary. “Mirabilia”. Artist: Silvia Camporesi.
- Micamera. “Swim Till I Sank”. Artist: Gabriele Stabile.
- Palazzo Reale. “JIMMY NELSON. Humanity”. Curated by Nicolas Ballario and Federica Crivellaro.
- Still Fotografia. "Giorgio Galimberti: alchimia dell’ombra". Curated by Alessandro Curti.
- Monica De Cardenas Gallery. “Stephan Balkenhol” .
PhotoVogue Festival is a project directed by Alessia Glaviano (Head of Global PhotoVogue) and co-curated by Francesca Marani (Senior Photo Editor, Vogue Italia), Chiara Bardelli Nonino (Editor, Writer and Curator), Daniel Rodríguez Gordillo (Content Operations Strategy Manager, Condé Nast) and Caterina De Biasio (Visual Editor, PhotoVogue)
