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Les chroniques lausannoises de Pierre Izard
Ouchy, 1953. © Fondation Pierre Izard Lausanne

Les chroniques lausannoises de Pierre Izard

Pierre Izard, sa vie durant, a croqué Lausanne et ses alentours avec son appareil photo. Un travail passionnant, de terrain, humain, touchant aussi, qui mérite d'être mieux connu. En collaboration avec la fondation Pierre Izard.

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Pierre Izard (27.04.1906, Lausanne - 08.03.1998, Pully) a oeuvré dès 1928 et jusqu’à son dernier souffle comme photojournaliste et maître du noir et blanc. Témoin le plus vif de son époque, il a marqué et écrit l’histoire de la presse illustrée en Suisse à travers une immense production par ses reportages sur les gens d’ici et d’ailleurs, sur les grandes heures de la vie civile et militaire. Proche des humbles, soucieux des vieux métiers, des changements de tout ce qui roule et vole, il a façonné notre regard, écrit nos manuels d’histoire avec allégresse et humour, pendant près de sept décennies, avec un penchant pour les instantanés de sa ville natale. La fondation Pierre Izard sise à Lausanne assure à travers livres et expositions la mise en valeur de ses archives depuis 1992.

Du temps, des lunes, des centièmes de seconde

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Sept.info, founded in 2014 by Patrick Vallélian, is a Swiss media pioneer in slow journalism. Based in Villars-sur-Glâne, it publishes Sept mook quarterly, a print magazine enhanced with augmented reality, specializing in long-form stories and investigations. Internationally awarded, Sept advocates for in-depth and demanding journalism, far from media instantaneity.

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Pierre Izard is a major 20th-century photographer from Lausanne. An attentive witness to his city and its transformations, he accurately captured daily life, social struggles, and the forgotten faces of Lausanne. His humanistic and discreet perspective reveals the margins, the working-class neighborhoods, and suspended moments. Through his lens, a whole chapter of Lausanne's history comes to life with tenderness, strength, and sincerity.

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