For its 32nd edition, the International Festival of Fashion and Photography of Hyères widens its path between eclecticism and demand, always anxious to generate new spaces of dialogue between young creation and fashion professionals.
The jury * presided this year by British fashion photographer Tim Walker, whose unpublished series of photos will be exhibited at Villa Noailles during the festival, selected among the 66 shortlisted dossiers 10 finalists with very varied profiles.
Among the works included are the light and caustic images of the Dutch photographer Roos Quakernaat, who points out, through a character of a housewife engaged in enigmatic gymnastic movements, the absurdity of some of our social habits, sculptural explorations combining form and movement of the American Luis Alberto Rodriguez, the digital collages of the Armenian Lucie Khahoutian nourished by the imaginary abounding of the cinematographer Serguei Paradjanov, or the surprising pictorial researches of the Finnish Sofia Okkonen
As each year the winner will be nominated at the end of the festival and will receive an endowment of 15 000 euros offered by La Maison CHANEL. The American Vintage Photography Award will reward one of the finalists with an equivalent endowment, while Elie Saab will offer one of the photographer a € 6,000 creation grant and a three-week artistic residence in Lebanon to create a series on Beirut.
Cathy Rémy
Cathy Rémy has been a journalist at Le Monde since 2008, where she features the work of young photographers and emerging visual artists. Since 2011, she has contributed to M Le Monde, Camera, and Aperture.
International Fashion and Photography Festival in Hyères
From 27 April to 1 May 2017 at the Villa Noailles. Exhibitions until May 28, 2017.
Montée de Noailles, 83400 Hyères, France
Jury: Ruth Ansel Directrice artistique, New York Edie Campbell Mannequin, Londres Simon Costin Directeur artistique, set designer, Londres Michael Hoppen Directeur, Michael Hoppen Gallery, Londres Charles Jeffrey Designer et illustrateur Jacob K Styliste, Londres Camilla Lowther Agent, directrice, CLM UK & US, Londres Robin Muir Curator, Londres
Finalists:
Nolwen Brod, France
Cordula Heins and Caroline Speisser, Allemagne
Lucie Khahoutian, Arménie
Themba Mbuyisa, Afrique du Sud
Daragh Soden, Irlande
Paul Rousteau, France
Sofia Okkonen, Finlande
Nancy Newberry, USA
Roos Quakernaat, Pays-BasLuis
Alberto Rodriguez, USA/Suède
