For the sixth consecutive year, the seaside resort of Houlgate is transformed into an open-air gallery to host the Les Femmes s’exposent festival. From June 7, the public will be able to discover the 14 new exhibitions highlighting international contemporary women photographers, all categories combined! Picto Foundation renews its support for this brand new edition!
This sixth edition of Femmes s’exposent is a continuation of an annual photography event which is also intended to be a space for reflection on the profession and, more particularly, on the status of women photographers.
The world of photography has undergone profound changes over the last twenty years with the arrival of digital technology. The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a major new challenge for those involved in photography. We are witnessing an acceleration of progress which will further question the veracity of information, due to the manipulation of images, which are sometimes indistinguishable. The potential repercussions on the profession of photographer, already precarious – for women, especially – are worrying. The relevance of the subjects and artistic creation will remain more than ever central to continuing to have visibility.
This year, the Festival is dedicating an exhibition to Iranian photojournalist Forough Alaei. Her country is seeing a generation of young women who are politically engaged, who are beginning to organize themselves into a movement. Through her lens, the photographer captured these heroines who defy, at the risk of their lives, the perpetual domination of men imposed by the ultraconservative government in an Iran, now at the heart of an unprecedented economic crisis.
The 2023 program tells the story of our era of profound upheavals: climate change, social and economic inequalities, the aging of our societies, etc. through the prism of art, reporting or documentary.
Béatrice TUPIN
President of the festival
2023 EXHIBITIONS:
– Héroïnes d’Iran : Forough Alaei
– Le portrait mis en scène Rétrospective : Isabelle Chapuis
– Passé composé (Bourse, Résidence à Houlgate) : Roxane Daumas
– Manifiesto del Agua (Manifeste de l’eau) : Sanne Derks
– Aging Japan (Le Japon face au vieillissement) : Noriko Hayashi
– Les Madjinis à Mayotte – Des corps habités : Bénédicte Kurzen
– Stage of Mind : JeeYoung Lee 이지영
– Celles et ceux que tu ne vois pas : Ana Mendes
– Twin Oaks (Bourse « Les États-Unis aujourd’hui » du Festival Les Femmes s’exposent) : Edith Roux.
– Saamis, nous vivions dans la toundra : Natalya Saprunova
– Un miel au goût amer : Margaux Senlis
– Destination finale : Ghana : Isabelle Serro
– Le crépuscule des glaciers d’Afrique : Adrienne Surprenant
From June 7 to September 3, 2023
Les Femmes s’exposent
6th edition
Houlgate – Normandy
https://www.lesfemmessexposent.com/
Photo de couverture : © Forough Alaei
