TUESDAY JULY 8
ARCHIVING THE INVISIBLE, IMAGINING THE AFTERMATH

How do artists from or allied with minorities redefine dominant narratives? This roundtable explores how photography, video and archives can serve as powerful tools of resistance, memory and cultural reappropriation.
With photographers Robert Fielding (On Country: photography from Australia), Brandon Gercara (Du magma dans l’océan) and Caroline Monnet (Échos d’un futur proche).
Moderated by Véronique Prugnaud, Associate Director, The Eyes.

WEDNESDAY JULY 9
BETWEEN REALITY AND NARRATIVE,PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE MOVE

How can photography translate the experience of travel—chosen, dreamed of or forced—and reveal the contours of an intimate or fictional geography? This encounter explores intimate or distant territories, real or imagined, between staging, documentary fragments and fragmented narratives.
With photographers Adam Ferguson (On Country: photography from Australia), Todd Hido (Les Présages d’une lueur intérieure), Gaëlle Morel, curator of the exhibition U.S. Route 1 and photographer Raphaëlle Peria (Traversée du fragment manquant).
Moderated by Véronique Prugnaud, Associate Director of The Eyes.

FRIDAY JULY 11
INTIMATE STORIES,COLLECTIVE HERITAGE

How can personal memory be transformed into a universal piece of art? This conversation brings together three artists who question the way in which family narratives shape our identities. Through archives, staged images and reinterpreted documents, this table questions in heritance, transmission and the construction of identities.
With photographers Camille Lévêque (À la recherche du père), Diana Markosian (Père) and Keisha Scarville (Alma).
Moderated by Vincent Marcilhacy, associate director of The Eyes.

SATURDAY JULY 12
WHAT POLITICAL POWER DOES THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE HAVE TODAY

This round-table discussion questions photography’s capacity to act in the face of the urgent issues of our time. Through the committed eyes of three artists, it explores how the image can become a tool of resistance in the face of social, political or environmental injustice. A conversation about the power of photography to act today.
With Walter Guadagnini, curator of the exhibition Letizia Battaglia, J’ai toujours cherché la vie, Thyago Nogueira, curator of the exhibition Claudia Andujar, À la place des autres and photographer Zuzana Pustaiová (Rapport de sécurité).
Moderated by Vincent Marcilhacy, associate director of The Eyes.

JULY 10 

5:30pm / Sofia Paris & Andreu de Pedro
6:30pm / Alice Pallot

JULY 11 

5:30pm / Antoine d’Agata

JULY 12 

5:30pm / Olenka Carrasco & Camille Gharbi
6:30pm / Sofia Paris & Andreu de Pedro

4pm FRANCE PHOTOBOOK TALKS : the challenges of the 1st photobook

Today, photo books play a decisive role in photographers’ careers: they are a work of art, a tool for recognition and a lever for distribution. But getting your first publication off the ground means overcoming a number of challenges: budgetary constraints, the fragility of the model, access to publishing.

What role does the book play in a photographer’s career?

How is the author/publisher dialogue born and woven?

What does the future hold for independent photo publishing?

With Maeva Benaiche (Photographer) and Laurène Becquart (Editor)

Abed Abidat (Editor) and Katel Delia (Photographer)

Emmanuelle Halkin (Curator)

5:30pm reveal of the award-winners of the 1st photo book grants

The Eyes Wide Open 1st Photo Book Grant program offers to support 3 book projects by a photographer and his/her publisher, each with a grant of €5,000.

It is divided into 3 categories, each meeting a specific need:

SAIF grant for a French photographer or a photographer living in France

Grant dedicated to a woman photographer of any nationality

Grant for a photographer from a southern region (Africa, Caribbean, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Middle East)

These grants are supported by the French Ministry of Culture and the SAIF.