PRATIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE – 2023

PRATIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE – 2023

"Sculpture" is an intentionally broad theme to give this semester project
in order to stimulate experimentation and freedom of realization.
Sculpture is an artistic medium that allows for the realization of volume forms
forms in volume thanks to innumerable techniques that have been used since
the Paleolithic era to our contemporary society.
This is an ambitious project where each student will have to complete
a series of images highlighting their creations through advanced techniques
of composition and light in the studio. Creating a sculpture is
for some artists, for others it is a spontaneous way to elaborate a body of
spontaneous way to develop a body of work.

Studio project (2023) by Léa Bevilacqua, Johanna Bommer, Hector Codazzi, Gilian Cardaci, Barnabé Masson, Yves Möhrle, Léo Paschoud, Carla Corminboeuf, Matilde Croxatto, Mathilde Lesueur, Jennica Folkesson, Cyriane Rawyler, Anna von Allmen, Lorane Hochstätter, Albane Durand-Viel, Seraphine Sallin-Mason, Sarah Marachly, Noé Vercaemst

Assistants
Angèle Marignac-Serra
Know-how
soft goods / accessories, Imagemaking, Editorial, Still life
ECAL/Johanna Bommer
ECAL/Johanna Bommer
ECAL/Johanna Bommer
ECAL/Johanna Bommer
ECAL/Johanna Bommer
ECAL/Johanna Bommer
ECAL/Johanna Bommer

1/7

ECAL/Gilian Cardaci
ECAL/Gilian Cardaci
ECAL/Gilian Cardaci
ECAL/Gilian Cardaci
ECAL/Gilian Cardaci

1/5

ECAL/Matilde Croxatto
ECAL/Matilde Croxatto
ECAL/Matilde Croxatto
ECAL/Matilde Croxatto
ECAL/Matilde Croxatto
ECAL/Matilde Croxatto

1/6

ECAL/Jennica Folkesson
ECAL/Jennica Folkesson
ECAL/Jennica Folkesson
ECAL/Jennica Folkesson
ECAL/Jennica Folkesson

1/5

ECAL/Barnabé Masson
ECAL/Barnabé Masson
ECAL/Barnabé Masson
ECAL/Barnabé Masson
ECAL/Barnabé Masson

1/5

ECAL/Yves Möhrle
ECAL/Yves Möhrle
ECAL/Yves Möhrle

1/3

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