New Jersey - Marc Vallée 
Retramp Gallery, Berlin
Thursday 25 July - Sunday 28 July 2024

^{Avalon, New Jersey, 1996. © Marc Vallée, 1996.}

Solo exhibition held at the Retramp Gallery, Berlin in July 2024. Twenty black and white pigment prints from the 90s Archive: Volume Two series were presented.

“After my first year at art school in London in the mid 90s, I landed a summer job teaching photography at an arts camp in south New Jersey. This was my first time in America and I was visually blown away. In my spare time and days off, I made pictures away from the camp. Processing the film in the darkroom (which was a converted chicken coop) and printing contact sheets and prints to take back home to London.“ - HERO, 2023.


^{Jeff, Ocean City,  New Jersey, 1996. © Marc Vallée, 1996.}

“The beach was regulated at night. Marc remembers driving to the shore with a friend after dark. They laid down together in the sand, side by side. Gazing at the stars (no camera), drinking liquor, a moment of infinite possibilities. Tracing the constellations, an intrusive torch destroyed the moment in a heartbeat. They were cleared from the water’s edge by the local police.” - 90s Archive: Volume Two.