@Olivier Larrey

The exhibition presents a selection of photographs taken by Antoine Bril in northeastern Greenland, an uninhabited and inhospitable region that nevertheless represents a rich, dynamic, varied, funny, and yet fragile world. This exhibition explores the fragility of polar deserts.

'While exploring the poles and polar deserts, whether in Antarctica, Svalbard, Canada, or Greenland, we discovered a rich, dynamic, varied, funny but fragile world. During an expedition to the Arctic, northeast of Greenland, we had the opportunity to spend a day at 77°46'N-17°52'W, on a deserted island isolated by ice for more than 11 months of the year. This island, a polar desert if ever there was one, has been commonly known as Ile-de-France since 1905, when Philippe d'Orléans and Adrien de Gerlache landed there from the Belgica.' Antoine Bril

In addition to the exhibition, the book Un jour en Ile-de-France (A Day in Ile-de-France), by Antoine and Elisabeth Bril, provides an opportunity to evoke part of the planet's history, retrace the intrepidity of many famous and unknown explorers, illustrate a wild but endangered natural environment, and remember the women and men who lived in the Ile-de-France region, in what is now a polar desert, a true place of remembrance.

Passionate about people and nature, art and science, they explore both ideas and territories with the aim of taking photographs and creating images that reflect who they are. Whether in France, where they live, or in the various countries they visit, they are inspired by the places, textures, and colors of the wild.