{"id":1406,"date":"2026-11-12T11:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hanssilvester.com\/silver-silvester-collection\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T20:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T19:28:20","slug":"silver-silvester-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hanssilvester.com\/en\/silver-silvester-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Silvester Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/portraits.jpg?resize=640%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Two black-and-white portraits: a New Orleans jazzman and a man in a pub in Ireland\" class=\"wp-image-1203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/portraits.jpg?resize=1024%2C649&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/portraits.jpg?resize=300%2C190&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/portraits.jpg?resize=768%2C486&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/portraits.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/portraits.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Galerie Retour de Voyage <\/strong>presents the <strong>Silver Silvester<\/strong> collection, devoted to the black-and-white silver gelatin prints of <a href=\"https:\/\/hanssilvester.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hans Silvester<\/a>, produced between 1958 and 1976.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A major event for lovers of <strong>classic photography<\/strong> and <strong>photojournalism<\/strong>, to discover in <a href=\"https:\/\/lamaisonsurlasorgue.com\/lisle-sur-la-sorgue-art-patrimoine-provence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">L\u2019Isle-sur-la-Sorgue<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A foundational body of work revealed<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over a career spanning more than sixty-five years, Hans Silvester has built <strong>a rich and singular photographic body of work.<\/strong> While his color work, notably in Ethiopia, is widely recognized, his early black-and-white photographs remain lesser-known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Hans Silvester collection<\/strong> reveals this foundational body of work through 27 silver gelatin prints, produced using traditional processes, printed in only five copies, numbered and signed. These works bear witness to the timeless power of silver-based black and white: deep blacks, subtle grain, and mastered contrasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Discussion.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Four elderly men talk in a parking lot in the 1960s\" class=\"wp-image-1201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Discussion.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Discussion.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Discussion.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sans-titre.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sans-titre.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sans-titre.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sans-titre.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sans-titre.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/58-Buffles-sur-la-plage.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A man rests on the beach, lying beside his buffaloes after a day\u2019s labor\" class=\"wp-image-1197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/58-Buffles-sur-la-plage.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/58-Buffles-sur-la-plage.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/58-Buffles-sur-la-plage.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/58-Buffles-sur-la-plage.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hanssilvester.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/58-Buffles-sur-la-plage.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de 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A major event for lovers of classic photography and photojournalism, to discover in L\u2019Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. A foundational body of work revealed Over a career spanning more than sixty-five years, Hans Silvester [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanssilvester.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanssilvester.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanssilvester.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanssilvester.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanssilvester.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hanssilvester.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1435,"href":"https:\/\/hanssilvester.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1406\/revisions\/1435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanssilvester.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}