| | | | Martine Fougeron: Nicolas & Adrien. A World with Two SonsText by Martine Fougeron, Lyle Rexer. Conversation between Martine Fougeron, Robert A. Schafer, Jr.
 A sensual photo-biography of two adolescents at the threshhold of adulthoodNicolas & Adrien. A World with Two Sons is a series of intimate portraits of French American photographer Martine Fougeron’s (born 1954) two sons and their friends growing up in New York and France. Both tender and distanced, the book is a visual bildungsroman that delves into the intense present of her sons’ adolescent states of mind before they become independent adults. Nicolas et Adrien consists of two interconnected bodies of work, Teen Tribe (2005–10) and The Twenties (2010–18).
Composed mostly of photos taken at Fougeron’s New York home and during summers in the South of France, Teen Tribe explores adolescence as a liminal state between childhood and adulthood, and follows the adolescent’s interior quest and development of character.
The Twenties captures the period between adolescence and full adulthood, depicting her sons’ college years, trials with vocations and work, new friends and lovers, holidays and family celebrations.
Nicolas & Adrien is a sensual biography of two adolescents and a depiction of the universal processes of growing up to which all can relate.
Featured image is reproduced from 'Martine Fougeron: Nicolas & Adrien. A World with Two Sons.'PRAISE AND REVIEWSEye of Photography Both tender and distanced, the book is a visual bildungsroman that delves into the intense present of her sons’ adolescent states of mind before they become independent adults. Art Daily News Both tender and distanced, the book is a visual bildungsroman that delves into the intense present of her sons’ adolescent states of mind before they become independent adults. Financial Times Chris Allnutt French-American photographer Martine Fougeron began taking pictures of her two sons (then aged 14 and 15) in New York. Seeking to capture the spontaneity of their adolescence, she shot them as they ate, smoked and dreamt their way towards adulthood. Photograph Elisabeth Biondi a fine balance between intuition and objectivity, intimate formality and relaxed spontaneity, capturing...her sons evolving lives Guardian Michael-Oliver Harding After convincing her reluctant boys to collaborate, Martine Fougeron’s new photobook snoops in on their tricky adolescent journey from innocence to experience. |
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