honorable mention
Audrey Piguet switzerland
title
Hypogée
Audrey is accustomed to rework her pictures in post-production, in order to get that fantastic rendering that she likes. However, this series was an important challenge for her: to photograph the present to bring it into a close and identifiable, but decadent, future. Mixing studio and outdoor work, natural and artificial light, this work reveals underground scenes where the colors are almost imperceptible, due to gas lighting. The last image "Simulacre" reveals a monumental mountain of dwellings, both radiant and decaying, symbolizing the decadence engendered by the excesses of a civilization.
She regularly gives workshops and training courses in photography and image analysis. Since 2020, she is in charge of assisting the follow-up of the Photo Elysée Museum's acquisitions. In 2022, she will be part of the jury for the Figure 1A award, a scientific art contest.
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entry description
This series, finalized during the end of 2016, represents the world of "Hypogée", a science-fiction story about two friends who live in the undergrounds and who are trying to escape from their precarious condition. A terrible war devastated the earth, chemical weapons threatening everywhere. Switzerland, in order to preserve its legendary neutrality and its citizens, decides to implement a gigantic protection plan. In total self-sufficiency, the Helvetic people are organized for their perpetuity...Audrey is accustomed to rework her pictures in post-production, in order to get that fantastic rendering that she likes. However, this series was an important challenge for her: to photograph the present to bring it into a close and identifiable, but decadent, future. Mixing studio and outdoor work, natural and artificial light, this work reveals underground scenes where the colors are almost imperceptible, due to gas lighting. The last image "Simulacre" reveals a monumental mountain of dwellings, both radiant and decaying, symbolizing the decadence engendered by the excesses of a civilization.
about the photographer
Born 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland. She has been awarded with an honorable mention by the photographic school of Vevey (CEPV) in 2012. Since then, she works as a freelance photographer. She sails between commercial works in fashion and advertising, and her artistic work. Audrey creates fantastic universes where reality and fantasy overlap. The opposition of these two worlds, nevertheless inseparable one from each other, is the most important inspiration of this young artist, who likes to play on the illusion of appearances and the many interpretations that it can generate.She regularly gives workshops and training courses in photography and image analysis. Since 2020, she is in charge of assisting the follow-up of the Photo Elysée Museum's acquisitions. In 2022, she will be part of the jury for the Figure 1A award, a scientific art contest.
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