Dolorès Marat

For its first edition, the Robert Delpire Book Prize 2023 was unanimously awarded to Dolorès Marat.

The book Dolorès Marat is published by delpire & co - release date: October 2024.

The exhibition was held at the Fondation Sozzani in Paris from October 31 to November 24, 2024, bringing together more than 60 photographs from throughout the artist’s career. It was organised jointly by the Fonds de dotation Neuf Cinq - Robert Delpire & Sarah Moon in collaboration with the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP), co-curator of the exhibition.

Robert Delpire Book Prize 2023

L'arbre qui marche, Aurillac
©Dolorès Marat

Dolorès Marat

A self-taught photographer, Dolorès Marat began as an apprentice to a local photographer, Claude Froissard, before being hired as a lab assistant and photographer for the magazine Votre Beauté. It was at the age of nearly 40 that she began to pursue her personal work.

Her discovery of the Fresson process, in 1983, gave her photography a decisive direction. The four-colour carbon prints enriches her relentless exploration of textures and moods. She currently works with Sunghee Lee at the SHL studio in Arles, making pigment prints on Japanese paper.

Her work has regularly been featured in the press (Le Monde Diplomatique, Libération, Les Inrockuptibles, etc.). She has published numerous monographs, most of which are out of print: Lune rouge et autres animaux familiers, Fario, 2021; Illusion, Filigrane, 2003; New York USA, Marval, 2002. Her work has been widely exhibited, including a solo show at the Rencontres d’Arles festival in 2023.

Le cheval du salon de l'agriculture, Paris
©Dolorès Marat

The jury for this first edition was made up of eight leading figures from the art world:

Sarah Moon - president of the jury
Quentin Bajac - director of the Jeu de Paume
Anouk Grinberg - actress, painter and writer
Magali Jauffret - journalist
Wajdi Mouawad - director of the Théâtre national de la Colline
Philippe Rousselot - cinematographer
Natacha Wolinski - journalist
Emmanuelle Kouchner - director of editions delpire & co