À PROPOS DES LÉAURÉATES CHIARA INDELICATO Née en 1987 en Italie, est une artiste indépendante partageant son temps entre l’Italie et la France. Après une première carrière dans la mode et le branding, elle a choisi de se consacrer entièrement à la photographie en 2019. Son travail actuel se concentre principalement sur l’expérimentation de procédés photographie argentique alternatifs en harmonie avec sa pratique et ses recherches sur la documentation de territoires isolés. « L’ARCHIPEL » L’Occitanie, terre de poésie et de légendes autour de son étang de Thau, inspire une exploration artistique des liens avec la mer, mettant en lumière les enjeux écologiques actuels. À travers cette résidence artistique, l’artiste aspire à raconter une histoire, à la fois visuelle et textuelle, où la poésie de l’imaginaire rencontre des thèmes importants comme l’écologie et le futur menacé par la montée des eaux autour des territoires de Sète, l’Étang de Thau et le

BEIRUTOPIARanda Mirza Randa Mirza, winner of the Bourses du 1er livre photo, exhibits her “Beirutopia” series at Rencontres d’Arles from July 1 to September 29! The book “Beirutopia”, published by Le Bec en l’Air, is a powerful visual essay on the socio-political and urban transformation of the Lebanese capital. The book is divided into seven parts, chronologically covering the series that Randa Mirza produced over twenty years in Beirut. The images of this protean visual artist are multi-faceted: black-and-white slides, silver photographs, digital prints, video screen captures, montages and collages. Unpublished texts by Randa Mirza and curator and writer Rasha Salti complete this visual approach. Other texts by Lebanese authors selected by the photographer from the abundant existing literature on Beirut, providing an insight into the city’s history. Eyes Wide Open is delighted to support Randa Mirza’s project as part of the 1st Photo Book Grants program (2023 edition). Supported

AGORA CIVIS MARITIMUS Wednesday, June 19 at 6:30 p.m. Halle Tropisme, Montpellier MARINE LANIER Born in Valence in 1981, photographer Marine LanierBorn into a family of horticulturists and sailors, she focuses on questions of life, clan structure, bonding and the call of adventure. Marine Lanier will take us on a journey at the crossroads of her two latest series, Hannibal’s garden and The shipwreck suit. The first takes place in the Jardin du Lautaret, perched at 2100 m, Europe’s highest altitude garden and a unique conservatory for the diversity of Alpine flora. The second takes the form of a maritime tale of groves and oceanic bestiaries, tortured sailors, silent nights, monstrous waves and mysterious depths.image © Manier Lanier “Hannibal’s garden”These photographs were produced as part of the major national commission “Radioscopie de la France: regards sur un pays traversé par la crise sanitaire”, financed by the French Ministry of Culture

AGORA CIVIS MARITIMUS Wednesday, June 19 at 6:30 p.m. Halle Tropisme, Montpellier Rendezvous on Wednesday June 19 at the Tropisme hall in Montpellier for an Agora Civis Maritimus combining photo performances and music between land and sea. Civis Maritimus Agoras are public meetings designed and presented as part of the Civis Maritimus program. They engage spectators in an interactive, embodied and lively relationship with artists on subjects linking human beings and the marine world. Photographers Manon Lanjouère, Marine Lanier, Romain Laurendeau and musician Laurent Marion will talk about the intimate link between humans and the marine world through their work. Vincent Marcilhacy, co-founder of The Eyes and Eyes Wide Open, will present a photographic primer on the sea. With the complicity of the major national commission “Radioscopie de la France: regards sur un pays traversé par la crise sanitaire”, financed by the French Ministry of Culture and piloted by the

CIVIS MARITIMUS, 1ST WAVE A look back at the opening of “Civis Maritimus , 1ère vague” as part of the Itinérances Foto program (Sète) with artists Aliki Christoforou, Alice Pallot, Manon Lanjouère and Charles Thiefaine, and the new winners of the Ronan Guillou 2024 grant: Chiara Indelicato and Cécile Smetana. Photos: © Naomi Pecqueux