LAURENT GOUMARRE

Laurent Goumarre is an eclectic character, journalist, producer, artist and art critic, and well known for the passion with which he hosts his music program on French radio “France Inter” every evening. 


Laurent Goumarre has always had a special relationship with photography and books. "What does photography owe to books? Nothing for many, absolutely everything for me, who 'read' photography before seeing it. Just as others have written about images before practicing them. The book, writing before practicing, is my story, without art school, after studying literature: first write, then photograph, and think of the image as an extension of writing. My photographic background is above all a literary experience - Hervé Guibert, Duane Michals, Ettore Sottsass's Métaphores, Sophie Calle", he says. 


Laurent Goumarre's curatorial choices echo his personal and professional life. His selection includes 30 exceptional titles, including rare works such as Steven Meisel's Four days in LA - The Versace Collection (2001, White Cube) and Walter Pfeiffer's In love with beauty (2008, Steidl), as well as many other treasures to be discovered exclusively at the Bigaignon Store.