On October 21, 2021, I presented a paper titled Bridging Artistic Photography and Fashion Photography at the international research webinar Les réseaux francophones de la recherche en Arts & Médias: Québec / France, organized by the UFR Arts & Médias at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. This event brought together researchers from both sides of the Atlantic to explore the specifics of research in arts and media within the Québec and French contexts.
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Reference of the presentation:
Bridging Artistic Photography and Fashion Photography, paper presented at Les réseaux francophones de la recherche en Arts & Médias: Québec / France, international research webinar by the UFR Arts & Médias, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, organized by Cécile Camart, Mélanie Boucher, and Marie Fraser
A Blurred Border Between Art and Fashion
My presentation focused on exploring the porous boundaries between artistic photography and fashion photography, two historically distinct fields that continuously cross paths and nourish each other. While fashion photography is often seen as a commercial medium, it increasingly integrates strategies and aesthetics drawn from contemporary art, playing with the codes of portraiture, the conceptual, and staging.
Key Issues Addressed
During this presentation, I explored several axes of reflection:
- The reciprocal influences between fashion photographers and artists, through emblematic case studies.
- The evolution of the status of fashion imagery, which oscillates between advertising material and artistic work displayed in museums.
- Photography as a tool for transforming the body and identity, particularly from a postmodern and posthuman perspective.
A Franco-Quebec Exchange on Arts & Media Research
This event also served as an opportunity to share research methodologies and approaches between Quebec and French universities. The question of media, reception, and the cultural issues tied to photographic images occupied a central place in the discussions, enriching the cross-perspective on these visual mediums.