« Ici C'Est L'Aquarium, Dehors C'Est L'Océan »

• Prize
  Silver in Editorial/Fashion
• Photographer
  Matei Focseneanu
• Photo Date
  April 2018

This project arose from a desire to give a voice to those located on the invisible margins of society - female inmates. To avoid a stigmatizing approach, my project invites these women to express themselves through a visual language, both corporal and oneiric, in stark contrast to penitentiary discretion: that of fashion photography. Apparel take on a significant role as Swiss law does not allow prisoners’ faces to be shown in pictures. The overall goal is to use the visual richness of the outfits to allow the inmates to expand the possibilities of their body language and expression.

I have always been fascinated by the garment, not only for its obvious aesthetic qualities, but also, and mainly, because of its remarkable implicit communicative capacities. Using photography as a medium, my ambition is to stage both humans and clothing in order to produce an oneiric visual language.