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Sur la plage

Sylvie Hugues

Magali Jauffret

"That’s nine years that I photographed the same place for a week in summer. It is a small beach wedged between the road and the sea every year I attend the same theater that I never tire. Curtain up: installation of umbrellas, towels layout, displays of sunscreen. Bronzetti. Round trips between water and sand. Rinse in the shower. Break-fried sandwich-ice. Then re-tanned, bathing re-, re-rinse until the sun. Tomorrow, after tomorrow, the same ritual. I find myself there. Flesh from the flesh. In the true body and among these people that I take pleasure in return. Gros, slender, tanned, not tanned, young, old, all equally. At ground level. Far retouched images found in magazines. "

Sylvie Hughes is editor of the magazine Réponses Photo, monthly public recognition for his advice to amateur photographers or confirmed. It is also a photographer.

Magali Jauffret, journalist, critic, author of documentaries, member of the acquisition of Fond National d’Art Contemporain.

Ritual of the family beach, summer, one of these seasonal theaters whose sea is quick to reshuffle the cards. Many situations where everyone bathes, dries, monitors, bed, rêvasse, built sand castles …

Released
20/03/2007
Collection
Hors Collection
Format
220 x 220
Relié couverture cartonnée
33 color photos
48 pages
ISBN : 978-2-35046-083-3
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Sylvie Hugues

Magali Jauffret

Auteur, Journaliste

Magali Jauffret is a journalist, critic, and author specializing in contemporary photography.
She was a long-time contributor to the French daily L’Humanité, where she reported on cultural affairs with a particular focus on visual arts, socially engaged practices, and the unique voices of photographers.

Her writing—both precise and thoughtful—has accompanied the work of numerous artists, offering insight into their creative processes, artistic legacies, and thematic concerns.
She has authored texts for several books published by Filigranes Editions, including Tout peut arriver (Gilbert Garcin), Corinne Mercadier, Sur la plage (Sylvie Hugues), and Éloge de combats ordinaires (Catherine Poncin).

Through her work, Magali Jauffret champions a form of criticism that is both committed and open to personal narratives as well as the quiet struggles of everyday life.