Text by Jean-Luc Monterosso, Director of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie.

Edouard Taufenbach and Bastien Pourtout continue their creative approach based on archives, here questioning a collection, that of a fixed passion, that of Pierre Passebon. Marlène Dietrich’s images are the object of this, forming the fertile medium for a renewed gaze that never runs out. The artist duo drew on this rich collection, which they carried out with attention bordering on obsession.

Nearly forty prints result from this four-finger digital construction.