For several months, Michel Medinger had been weakened by illness and had found a new home at the Hamm hospice. He died on 14 January 2025 at the age of 83. A prolific photographer since the 1970s, Lët’z Arles organised . He was certainly one of the most important Luxembourg photographers of his generation, drawing his inspiration as much from the golden age of Dutch painting as from the surrealist spirit or the extravagances of the Dadaists.

Born in 1941, Medinger first developed a passion for painting, before turning to photography in the 1960s. A seasoned athlete, he took part in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. His artistic practice came into its own in the 1980s, and he built up a remarkable body of work. Over the last four decades, he never ceased to question the still life, producing stagings of objects that are at once creative, humorous and often gratingly irreverent. A skilled technician, he made his own photographic prints in the basement of his home.

Medinger had been exhibited several times at the Galerie Clairefontaine, whilst the NAC devoted a retrospective to him in 2018. His photographs have also been shown internationally, in France, the United States, China and Japan. His most recent exhibition, conceived with curator Sylvie Meunier for the Rencontres d’Arles, will be presented at the Villa Vauban in March as part of the European Month of Photography.

The editorial team at Paperjam sends its sincere condolences to his family and friends.

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