A young photographer, Estelle Largarde kept a journal documenting her treatment for adenocarcinoma in her breast. The journal combined pictures and text. It would have been interesting and important enough had she simply turned it into an article, a record of the treatment. The struggle—with the shaved head, the scars, the ravages of chemotherapy—the struggle against fear, against the refusal to see and to know, that still exists in our society, could have been both a personal therapy and a way to become informed, a new campaign for organizations fighting cancer. However, Estelle Lagarde goes much farther in her voyage into cancerous terrain. She produced a creative work that is powerful, moving and beautiful. With its formal and iconographic connections, she raises questions and makes one desire to see even more, to know everything about her. This is the proof that we are in the presence of a genuine artist.Marie Lavin for Médiapart, November 10, 2010
Biography
Estelle Lagarde has dedicated the last several years to analog photography. Lagarde is represented in France by the agency Révélateur and in London by Millienium since 2007. The recipient of several prizes and grants, her work has been exhibited across Western Europe.
