Description
RÉVOLTES INTIMES
Book Summary
This book is a visual and collaborative exploration of intimacy as an act of resistance. Photographer Aurore Valade transforms portraiture into a shared conversation, where private space becomes a stage for an irrepressible vitality. Through a series of images, the work invites the reader to discover how the exceptionality of each life manifests itself when one’s own voice is freed and the voices of others are heard.
What is it about?
Révoltes Intimes is based on the premise that intimacy is linked to the art of telling one’s life story. Aurore Valade summons this art through conversation, understood as a journey that unfolds alongside another. From this collaborative practice emerge the portraits that make up the project: shared spaces that concentrate and unfold an always excessive vitality. Each photograph displays an intimacy liberated by the desire to share one’s voice and to listen to other voices that lay claim to the uniqueness of each lived experience.
Main themes
- Intimacy as an act of resistance and liberation
- Collaborative practice between artist and subject
- Conversation as a creative and relational method
- The exceptionality of each life and its visual representation
- Shared space as a stage for irrepressible vitality
Who is it recommended for?
It is recommended for photographers, visual artists, students of photography and contemporary art, as well as readers interested in the relationship between image, intimacy, and personal narrative. It is also of interest to those seeking a reflective and collaborative approach to photographic portraiture.
What this book offers
- A renewed look at intimacy as a space of shared creation.
- An example of collaborative artistic practice that transcends the traditional relationship between photographer and model.
- A visual reflection on how conversation can free one's own voice and the voices of others.
- A collection of images that celebrate the exceptionality of each life.
Technical specifications
- Author: VALADE, AURORE
- Publisher: Ediciones Asimétricas
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHERS, PHOTOGRAPHS: COLLECTIONS
- Collection: PHOTOGRAPHY
- Binding: Paperback
- Date of publication: June 2018
- Number of pages: 56
- Weight: 188 g
Editorial review
Révoltes Intimes is a photographic proposal that stands out for its collaborative approach and its sensitivity toward intimacy as a space of resistance. Aurore Valade succeeds in making each portrait the result of a genuine dialogue, which grants the images an uncommon authenticity and depth. It is a brief but intense work that invites reflection on the power of conversation and the uniqueness of every life. Recommended for those looking for photography that goes beyond representation to become a shared act.