Juliette-Andréa Elie is the winner of the Ronan Guillou 2025 Grant.

The award-winning photographer will receive a creative grant of €4,000 and accommodation at the Villa Salis in Sète from May 5 to July 5, 2025, to carry out her project “Ce que les nacres tissent” (“What mother-of-pearl weaves”). In this project, Juliette-Andréa Elie focuses on the Grande Nacre, an emblematic shellfish of the Mediterranean basin, today found almost exclusively in the Etang de Thau and the Gulf of Lion. The jury unanimously praised this creative proposal for its relevance and high standards, both in its approach to the subject and in the form proposed.

A presentation of the work in progress will be organized during the FLOW festival, a visual arts program focusing on social issues and the marine world, whose 1st edition, initiated by The Eyes, will take place in Occitanie at 4 heritage sites from September 25 to November 30, 2025.

This bursary was created in homage to humanist photographer and sailor Ronan Guillou.

The third edition of the Ronan Guillou Grant is supported by the city of Sète and M28 – Terres de culture.

THE 10 FINALISTS

David Bart Lalanne, France
Ismaël Bazri, France
Anaïs Boileau, France
De Vido Susanna, Italy
Maria Di Stefano, Italy
Amira Lamti, Tunisia
Laura Martin Person, France
Richard Pak, France
Romain Emile, France
Lynn SK, France / Algeria