Inspired by her childhood house in Morocco, Aassmaa Akhannouch has conceived this series around the exploration of memories. The photographer brings back to life the spirit of the place by replaying scenes in this home, like suspended moments, where remains the old broken-down television set, the telephone that would no longer ring, the dress long since forgotten, in the wardrobe…
Follows the long period of working on the different materials and printing techniques in her laboratory to transfer the negatives into cyanotypes later toned and enhanced with watercolours to underline specific details in the image. The photographer lets then come to the surface the passing of time as well as the vision of a timeless Morocco imbued with universal childhood memories.
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Prix HSBC pour la Photographie collection
directed by Christian Caujolle
Hardcover, 19 x 24 cm
96 pages, 46 photographs
Texts (English and French)
Sylvie Hugues, 2021 Prize Artistic Advisor
Aassmaa Akhannouch
Exhibitions in France
Le Capitole, Arles
July 4 – August 29, 2021
Metz
Cité musicale-Metz
Galerie de l’exposition de l’Arsenal
September 24 – November 14, 2021
The collection's previous Prize recipients
Louise Honée and Charlotte Mano in 2020
Dominique Teufen and Nuno Andrade in 2019
Antoine Bruy and Petros Efstathiadis in 2018
ISBN : 978-2-36511-291-8