“These images are lies. What credibility has the photographic principle that says that an image should be faithful to reality? Our perception goes back and fourth between the illusion and its interpretation. Illusion warns and questions.The landscape is an interpretation of a space.The scale models are turned into landscapes through their representation ; from one space’s interpretation born feelings. What is our relationship with nature? Understand it, preserve it, reproduce it. The unknown and the virginity have disappeared from our apprehension of nature. Through those images, I create a fake natural reproductible world. The process of production of the images are like dioramas, trying to imitate the living, often idealized. It is a creation led by an utopia ; the quest of the terra incognita. The serie is the representation of a limited universe, a cosmos. The fog, like a drape, reveals or hides those spaces. This torment, creator and destructor in the same time is the show of a genesis. We get out of the cave, going from obscurity to lightness. The point is the memory of having been lost in time and space.“
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.