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Photographer: Manon Boyer
I am mainly interested in the body, the representation of oneself and the artificiality which sometimes accompanies it. I am interested in the strange world of appearance and I tend to question the body’s place
in this relationship between an individual and his image. How is it seen and how is it represented ? What transformation choices do we make and why ? To what extent do these appearances that we take on, or are imposed on us, come to shape our lives ?
My photographs play with different levels of representation, and I use colour and motifs as tools to show a clearer picture of these complex identities.
Having received a diploma in 2014, specialising in photography, at the Superior School of Art and Design in Marseille, I then worked with Jasper White in London and led the «Eiffel Tower project, before entering the National Superior School of photography in Arles, in 2015, where I obtained a Masters in « research and creation» with special mention from the Jury.
Following several collective exhibitions, my work was included in 2016 by «Voies Off» at the Rencontres de la Photographie («Photographic Meetings»).
In 2017 I won the prize for «1st photo edition» organised by Tribew and Fisheye with my series «Traversée» («Crossing»). I was selected by Leica to cover the first week of Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles,
and to exhibit my work daily in the «Leica Room» during the show. I was also involved with the «coups de cœur» («favourites») of the ANI at the «Visa for image» festival in Perpignan (2017 and 2018). I then
travelled to America with a video maker visiting some States, as part of a new personal project, which was in turn the subject of a Carte Blanche by Leica.
In 2018 I have also done several collective exhibitions as well as the new Carte Blanche with Leica. Also I
won a competition with Accorhotel, which allows me to repr
No Matter Porcelain No Matter Porcelain
Playing with the codes of the genre, the person creates an identity of his own, regardless of any pre-established identification by society, playing then according to his own rules. Playing with the codes of the genre,...
From 557.10 CHF AvailableNo Matter Transition No Matter Transition
The ambiguity of the context in which the person finds himself refers to an undefined genre which relies on a «back and forth» between masculin and feminine, but without making a definitive choice, which leads us progressively towards a certain neutrality. The ambiguity of the context in which...
From 557.10 CHF AvailableNo Matter Shadowed No Matter Shadowed
This image takes us to an aesthetic where marked muscles and capillary curves intermingle to give the contours of a hybrid shape. The momentum of this body towards the light shows the intention to escape the norm in detaching itself from traditional ideas. This image takes us to an aesthetic...
From 557.10 CHF AvailableNo Matter VORTEX No Matter VORTEX
The image «Vortex» speaks of the relationship between flesh and wounds (mental or physical) that it can undergo during a gender dysphoria. The message is to be very close to your body and to listen to it so as not to lock yourself into an identity assigned to you,at the risk of being a prisoner. The image «Vortex» speaks of the...
From 1'067.78 CHF AvailableNo Matter Skin No Matter Skin
The body unveils several aspects, the folds of the skin mingle with the folds of fabrics and offer us a mixture of flesh and clothing. Once again it is not the face that matters but the body which is in the spotlight. The body unveils several aspects, the...
From 557.10 CHF AvailableNo Matter Plastic No Matter Plastic
The fragmentation of the body used by the framing in this picture generates a parallel with the fragmentation of identity which can exist in an individual who wishes to escape from the genre into which he wasborn. The fragmentation of the body used by...
From 557.10 CHF AvailableGender Fluid Gender Fluid
The image, as its title «Gender Fluid» suggests, plays on the status of genres which it wants to show blurred and uncertain. I place a neutral genre with a formal non-identity look, which does not tend to recognition but to the experience of a new representation. The image, as its title «Gender...
From 928.51 CHF AvailableNo Matter Upside down No Matter Upside down
The water blurs our senses and renders the body unrecognisable, thereforeleaving us the only master of its identity. The water blurs our senses and...
From 928.51 CHF AvailableLip sync for your life - Queen Ava Lip sync for your life - Queen Ava
The poise and confidence that this Drag Queen brings to the fore in this portrait highlights the derisory nature of the notion of gender. The confidence she shows in presenting herself as a woman undermines the theory of an all-male or all-female gender. The poise and confidence that this...
From 696.38 CHF AvailableUnder your skin - The mask Under your skin - The mask
The title and the framing of this image automatically send us back to the mask, we discover there the bases of the make-up of a Drag Queen which seems far from the very feminine image we make of it, it brings us back to a theatre stage make-up and then poses the notion of play. The title and the framing of this...
From 696.38 CHF AvailableHit by the light Hit by the light
Saturday evening, in the arena in Mesquite, Texas, a few hours before the rodeo starts, I meet a Cowboy in the middle of preparation. He bands his right arm, the one that will hold him with all his strength to the seal of his horse. Saturday evening, in the arena in...
From 557.10 CHF AvailableThe gate The gate
This image represents a double entry that serves as a metaphor for gender identity, a portal that could give access to a freer and simpler world, without rules, constraints or judgements. This image represents a double entry...
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