Lydia Ourahmane presents "1752 Photos" at Galerie Chantal Crousel in Paris, an exhibition centered on images that were never intended for public view. The works, stored in boxes and pressed between glass, explore themes of concealment, preservation, and the tension between visibility and obscurity.
The exhibition matters because it challenges conventional notions of display and spectatorship, drawing on Douglas Crimp's linking of museum and mausoleum to question how art institutions frame meaning. Ourahmane's project invites reflection on the hidden lives of images and the politics of showing what was meant to remain unseen.