To mark the 200th anniversary of the invention of photography, the Bourse de Commerce will host an exhibition in October showcasing masterpieces from the Pinault Collection. The display will include 700 exceptional prints, many of which are rare, and will feature works by over 70 artists. Matthieu Humery, photography advisor to the Pinault Collection and curator of the exhibition, was interviewed for the occasion. The exhibition is titled Remember Me, a phrase from a 1980 work by Barbara Kruger, which has been reinterpreted as a video installation at the center of the Rotonde. The video shows an eye on an abstract, skin-like texture with the words "Remember me" written on it. This phrase captures the essence of photography: to capture and preserve fleeting moments, preventing them from being forgotten and filling the gaps in human memory. In today's world, where nearly everyone can take photos with a smartphone, the exhibition highlights the difference between everyday images and those created by professional artists using film. The works of photographers like Gustave Le Gray, Edward Steichen, Irving Penn, Lee Miller, Raymond Depardon, and André Kertész are considered photographic objects—artworks that are materialized in various prints and formats, each with unique qualities such as brightness, contrast, textures, and materials. For example, Irving Penn, whose work is featured in a dedicated room on the ground floor with 500 prints, began by mentally constructing his images through preparatory drawings before taking the photographs and creating the final prints. These prints are not just images but artistic creations, often regarded as masterpieces. The exhibition also showcases thousands of images and prints from the Condé Nast USA fund, which the Pinault Collection holds. These images have a triple significance: historical, documentary, and artistic. When Condé Nast first introduced photography into its magazines in 1911, there was no distinction between a print meant for the press and one meant for an exhibition—the only difference was a stamp on the back of the photo. In the exhibition's introduction room, next to a photograph of Avedon's camera taken by Annie Leibovitz, is an unpublished image from Steichen's time with Condé Nast, showing two women's hands playing dominoes. This image serves as a reminder of the long-standing collaboration between Condé Nast and the greatest photographers of the time. The exhibition, Remember Me. Masterpieces of the Pinault Collection Photography, will run until April 16, 2027, at the Bourse de Commerce, located at 2 rue de Viarmes, 75001 Paris.