“This magazine contains the remedy for boredom: the boredom suffered by this generation of bourgeois left-wingers or golden youth who lack nothing and who, to make their daily lives more exciting, create new games, delusions and costumes... With all the necessary self-mockery, you offer a solution to passivity, perhaps a new way for the people concerned to express themselves, to rebel or to find a space/time in which the freedom to do as they please allows them to blossom. It's also a way of saying no to work, to the lucrative activity that society wants us to take part in. So man does everything he can to avoid toil, and seeks to create new excuses to escape it by devising new diversions. He sets up this new universe using society's material environment. Doing nothing is also a form of revolt, an opposition to the established system. And the act of creating gives human beings the possibility of realizing themselves, of satisfying their deepest fantasies.“
BA PHOTOGRAPHY
with Laurence Bonvin
Take risks, experiment, and try out new approaches or techniques in relation to a current or past project, or their future graduation project. Encourage them to take a project or idea further by experimenting with methodology, technique, and production methods, rather than relying on familiar processes, solutions, know-how, or tried-and-true formulas.
BA PHOTOGRAPHY
with Julien Bourdeille
Événement Lumineux Through an in-depth exploration of light as a narrative and sensory medium, first-year students created a short film on the theme “Luminous Event.” This project allows them to learn how to manage a complete audiovisual project while mastering the tools of filming, framing, and camera movement.
BA PHOTOGRAPHY
with Natacha Lesueur
“What is clearly conceived can be clearly expressed, and the words to say it come easily.” Nicholas Boileau, *L’art poétique*. As students embark on their final year of study at ECAL, with their interests and methods taking shape, this final project offers an opportunity to challenge their own rules, established practices and influences, to refuse to settle for the status quo and to take risks.
BA PHOTOGRAPHY
with Nicolas Poillot
By conceptualizing and producing visual content as part of an editorial series, students will explore the concept of applied photography in a practical, creative, and professional manner, working closely with Art Director Nicolas Poillot.
BA PHOTOGRAPHY
with Anoush Abrar
DRIVE For this week’s theme, “Drive,” first-year photography students were asked to create a portrait shot on medium-format film. Inspired by the sensation of a first driving experience, travel, empowerment, or discovery, the week aimed to explore the relationship between one or more people and a vehicle.