Finalist Photographers. Many thanks to those who participated with their talent and heart in this 8th edition, whether they are lfinalists or not. We want yo thank also our partners and the Jury members who have accompanied us again this year with great generosity. Life is sometimes made turbulent by events that leave more or less visible traces, which we must learn to overcome. Be carried on current, be as hard as a rock⦠Forget your body from before and learn to live with a new one, in order to hope for better days.
To arms! Undesirable guest, you quietly settled in while taking care to leave your dirty linen lying about. I must accept this cohabitation. Me, who likes order, what a pigsty! Despite your presence, I savor each second like each of my breaths. I walk with you, sleep with you, eat with you, love with you, weep with you, but I remain the captain of my body, the master of my destiny.
You will not win. Sleep, and never wake up. Leave, and never return. But first of all, pick up your things, please. The hero is he who takes up the gauntlet when all chances are against him. A year ago, Houda contacted me to ask me to do her portrait, as she was. I immediately accepted. When talking with her, I understood that she was stronger than the disease. At the time, she was a construction site truck driver. She provided a life lesson. So many others would have been desperate, whereas she continued to enjoy life to the fullest.
I wanted to photograph the disease in a raw and frontal way, without estheticizing. Without a wig and virtually naked, Houda reveals everything. We have no other option than to look at wounds and marks caused by the disease. Despite this, Houda is proud of her femininity; she is courageous.
Suffering from three breast tumors, I watched my femininity tumble like leaves in fall. Tears, disgust, shame, fear were reflected in my mirror. Until now, when the talented photographer Dominique Carbone approached me and offered me the possibility of accepting my new woman image. Do breast cancer screening!
