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Artist Laure Winants in the spotlight<\/span><\/h1>\n

November 5 to December 12, 2026<\/h2>\n

An artist-researcher based between Paris and Brussels, Laure Winants explores the interaction of ecosystems through the dialogue between matter and light. Her works, which are sensitive to their environments, respond to light, time, temperature, and humidity.
\nThe collections of the Museum of Mineralogy each bear witness, in their own way, to a relationship with time: fossils, for example, evoke the remnants of a bygone era that endures, while quartz, used in watchmaking, allows us to measure the passage of time.
\nDrawing inspiration from the Museum\u2019s rich and diverse collection, the artist creates a tension between three temporal scales: the geological time of minerals and crystallization, the biological time of marine organisms, and the contemporary time of ongoing transformations.
\nBy highlighting the interdependence of these three temporalities, Laure Winants constructs her reflection, which centers on a common thread found throughout her work: time sheds light.
\nBy developing experimental sculptural forms made from limestone and biological fragments, Winants creates a resonance between the marine fossils in the collections (limestone, shells, petrified organisms) and her contemporary fossils. Her pieces, which are at times speculative, offer a vision of fossilization not as a closed phenomenon, but as a process that is definitively active.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Time Capsule Spectrogram, by Laure Winants. \u00a0\u00a9 Laure Winants<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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About Photo Saint-Germain<\/h2>\n

Held in the heart of Paris, in the iconic Saint-Germain-des-Pr\u00e9s neighborhood, PhotoSaintGermain is an annual festival dedicated to promoting photographic art, directed by Aur\u00e9lia Marcadier. PhotoSaintGermain offers a free, open-access exhibition circuit at a selection of museums, cultural centers, galleries, and bookstores on the Left Bank, featuring a rich and eclectic program curated by partner galleries, as well as several original exhibitions and exclusive projects conceived and produced by the festival.<\/p>\n

By offering such a rich and varied photographic experience, the festival has become a flagship event in Paris during the month of November. Complementing these exhibitions, PhotoSaintGermain offers a related program featuring talks, screenings, book signings, and studio visits, bringing together various figures from the contemporary photography scene.<\/p>\n

The festival thus attracts a broad audience, including photography professionals, collectors, and gallery and museum enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The Bicentennial of Photography<\/h2>\n
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From the first images permanently captured in the early 19th century near Chalon-sur-Sa\u00f4ne in France, to the most contemporary practices, photography has shaped the way we see the world, record events, and convey stories, emotions, and ideas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In 2026, photography is celebrating its 200th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the Ministry of Culture launched a major celebration that highlights historical and contemporary works, national and regional public collections, and photographic publications, from September 1, 2026, to September 30, 2027, in metropolitan France, the overseas territories, and in more than forty countries around the world.<\/p>\n

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