Photographs made in Givors by Kassem, Louise, Mrs. Manriffa, Salim, Prewa.
Artistic intention thought and led by Guillaume Herbaut, photojournalist.
Creation time conducted in Givors over 4 consecutive days in January 2021.
With Sylvie Singh, trainer at CEFI.
Restitution Collective exhibition, at the Armenian Heritage Center, in November 2021.
Intervention carried by Stimultania and the CPA (Armenian Heritage Center), as part of the national program of transmission and photographic practice workshops Between images developed by the Diagonal Network supported by the Ministry of Culture.
Registered intervention within the program Make faces carried by Stimultania on Givors in 2021, supported by the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion, the DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region and the city of Givors.
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In 2020-2021, Stimultania is partnering with the Cbetween Armenian Heritage de Valence to carry the intervention of photojournalist Guillaume Herbaut, invited to produce a collective work with two groups, in Givors and Valence.
The theme, driven by the CPA, revolves around the notion of border considered from the angle of the current situation and the experience of confinement. Observe these “new” limits - our living spaces, everyday places. Question what the health situation has upset or brought up to date (intimate, political, geographic borders).
January 2021, despite the still delicate context, the interventions are being put in place. In Valence, first of all, Guillaume Herbaut and three participants roam the Valensolles district for a weekend, each seeking to make perceptible, according to his own representations and his sensitivity, the notion of border, of confinement, of limit.
In Givors, then, for four days. This time the photographer is accompanied by Salim, Louise, Kassem, Mme Manriffa and Prewa who have agreed to embark on the adventure. Under the sun then the storm, with the key words in mind, they travel around the corners of the city, confronting photography and the theme.
The meeting is strong and the experience is unprecedented for all: photographer and participants compose together, leading each to produce a personal and original series.
In March, Guillaume Herbaut returned to Valence for a second session, five people accompanying him for a new photographic journey in the neighborhood.
The final exhibition, which brings together the series produced by each participant in Givors and Valence, will be held at the CPA in the fall of 2021.
Extracts from the series produced at Givors:
Born in 1970 Guillaume Herbaut is photo reporter. With three of his fellows, he founded the collective L'Oeil Public in 1995, which became a symbol of photostory. Quickly recognized in France and internationally, Guillaume Herbaut faces difficult, often tragic themes: war, memory, deforestation, national and global crises. His work has won numerous awards, including the Niepce Prize in 2011 for his photographic investigation of the Forbidden Zone of Chernobyl.
