Création photographique– 2026

Projects BA PHOTOGRAPHY

Création photographique– 2026

Documentary, the power of make-believe

Based on projects developed around a common theme, the students develop a personal, in-depth project around the theme of pretense. They build a project that plays with the limits of veracity in photography, using it as an artifice of deception. 

Studio project (2026) by Antoine Soulié, Ava Barbieri, Carla Katsuva-Sivahera, Cecília Bueno, Chloé Loichot, Céleste Tabourdeau, Célia Bigler, Elisa Vareilhes, Fiona Caballero, Inès Hayoz, Justine Diep, Magali Monin, Nora Neves, Noé Pizzera, Pierre Mahé, Shiva Gisiger, Théo Previdoli, Tristan Wadsworth

Assistants
Inès Riber
1st year program
2nd semester
Know-how
Imagemaking
Célia Bigler - ECAL
Célia Bigler - ECAL
Célia Bigler
Célia Bigler
Célia Bigler

1/5
Fiona Caballero - ECAL
Fiona Caballero - ECAL
Fiona Caballero - ECAL
Fiona Caballero - ECAL

1/4
Shiva Gisiger - ECAL
Shiva Gisiger - ECAL
Shiva Gisiger - ECAL
Shiva Gisiger - ECAL
Shiva Gisiger - ECAL
Shiva Gisiger - ECAL

1/6
Carla Katsuva-Sivahera - ECAL
Carla Katsuva-Sivahera - ECAL
Carla Katsuva-Sivahera - ECAL
Carla Katsuva-Sivahera - ECAL
Carla Katsuva-Sivahera

1/5
Céleste Tabourdeau - ECAL
Céleste Tabourdeau - ECAL
Céleste Tabourdeau
Céleste Tabourdeau
Céleste Tabourdeau

1/5

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