Why do you absolutely have to see the exhibition devoted to Joel Meyerowitz?

What can we say about this photographer? That he was one of the artists who undoubtedly invented the vocabulary of photographic art? Is that enough? Should we add that at 85, he is a tutelary and pioneering figure, alongside Saul Leiter or William Eggleston, never forgetting the extraordinary Yevonde Middleton, currently in the spotlight of the National Portrait Gallery in London, the colour photography? Certainly, he is making history, building concretely, shaking up codes, offering new perspectives to his art, new expressions, taking up the related challenges (management of light, mastery of prints, for example). The always formidable Polka gallery - which also presents works by Elliott Erwitt and Joakim Eskildsen - hangs 23 prints on its walls of exceptional quality in XXL formats. The sharpness of his images, their contemplative vibrations, almost meditative, poetic without coquetry,romantic, their rare sensitivity (in all senses of the term, so keenly one perceives each variation in temperature, the warmth of the air, the freshness that falls, the dampness that wrinkles the clothes, the brilliance of the lights, the blurry shadows), and they transport us to their heart. In the image of the great painters, Joel Meyerowitz offers the world more than a reality captured with accuracy, but an even more precious gift: a supplement of soul.

Panorama. Until July 29. Polka Gallery. Court of Venice, 12 Rue Saint-Gilles, 75003 Paris. Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.