Fishermen's Gallery opens Gamelin archaeology photo show
By Laurent Duval, MonacoViews Editorial
The Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology has unveiled Fouilles, a photography exhibition by Stéphane Gamelin documenting the reality of archaeological fieldwork.
The Fishermen's Gallery is currently hosting Fouilles, a new photography series by Stéphane Gamelin commissioned by the Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology of Monaco. The exhibition moves well beyond the polished presentation of a museum case, placing viewers directly inside the slow, methodical process of excavation itself.
Gamelin's images document fieldwork in the kind of detail that rarely reaches the public: soil layers, hand tools, researchers bent low over open trenches. For a Principality whose prehistoric heritage includes the celebrated Grimaldi Caves at the nearby Balzi Rossi site, the subject carries particular local weight.
Fouilles is on show at the Fishermen's Gallery, Quai des Pêcheurs, as part of the Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology's broader public engagement programme. Visitors with an interest in how Monaco's ancient past is uncovered, rather than simply displayed, will find it worth the short walk from the port.