Photographic exhibition: "A European Glance at France"

On the occasion of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Cultural Service of the Embassy of France has invited 27 talented photographers, representing each of the 27 member states of the Union, to share with us their vision of France:

Austria - Erich LESSING
Belgium - Amaury LAPORTE
Bulgaria - Valerii POSHTAROV
Cyprus - Christina DRAKOS
Czech Republic - Vojtech VOLNY
Denmark - Viggo RIVAD
Estonia - Vahur PUIK
Finland - Ismo KAJANDER
France - Benjamin CAILLAUD
Germany - Pamela SAUPE
Greece - Panayotis PAPADIMITROPOULOS
Hungary - András ARATÓ
Ireland - Fiona ARNOLD
Italy - Anna VIVANTE
Latvia - Inga KUNDZINA
Lithuania - Mikhail RASHKOVSKIY
Luxembourg - Christophe OLINGER
Malta - David PISANI
Netherlands - Emile GREGOIRE
Poland - Anna MAJEWSKA
Portugal - Manuel GOMES
Romania - Vlad EFTENIE
Slovakia - Maria MIKULAS
Slovenia - Draga PUC
Spain - Joseph S. MARTIN
Sweden - Per HUTTNER
United Kingdom - Jack HILL

This exhibition is hosted by the European Union House in Dublin. It presents different perspectives on France and it is an invitation to discover multiple talents, reflections as well as testimonies of European cultural diversity.

In September 2008, a second exhibition will follow on this one, showcasing the perspectives on Europe by 27 French photographers.

A European Glance at France
Photographic exhibition
2 - 15 July 2008
European Union House, 18 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
Tel.: 01 708 8306

Admission Free

Opening time
Monday to Friday: from 9.30am to 5.00pm
(Closed on Saturday and Sunday)

Special thanks:

Martin Territt, Susan McCarrick, Niamh Keegan, Joan Flanagan, European Commission Representation in Ireland; Francis Jacobs, European Parliament Information Office in Ireland; Vincent Lavergne, Françoise Brung, Alliance Française in Dublin; Clémence Rouquette; Amélie Le Formal; Austrian Cultural Forum in Paris and Philipp Rank, Office Lessing in Vienna; Amaury Laporte; Maria Gueorguieva, Bulgarian Cultural Centre in Paris; Solon Savva, Anna Vernardou, Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Ireland; Lone Garde, French Institute in Copenhague; Lars Schwander, director of the Fotografisk Center in Copenhague; Miguel Angel Miguel, Embassy of Spain in Ireland; Laura Hein, French Cultural Centre in Talinn; Kaisa Leino, Finnish Institute in Paris; Benjamin Caillaud; Yannis and Dora; Laszlo Dankovics, French Institute in Budapest; Fiona Arnold; Elsa Mordaglia, Italian Cultural Institute in Paris; Bruno Gomes, French Cultural Centre in Riga; Ina Kniuriene, Embassy of Lithuania in France; Jonas Staselis, Lithuanian Press Photographers Club; Matthieu Duchêne, Embassy of France in Luxembourg; Doina Punea, Embassy of Malte in France; Karina van Breukelen, Royal Netherlands Embassy in France; Nikola Sekowska, Embassy of Poland in Ireland; Teresa Mendes, Embassy of Portugal in France; Ludek Kanda, French Institute in Prague; Alex Ivaner, Embassy of Romania in Ireland; Jack Hill; Miroslav Ivan, Embassy of the Slovak Republic; Senja Pollak, French Institute in Ljubjana; Eglantine de Boissieu, Embassy of France in Sweden.