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Conference
Women photographers
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Conference presented by Léa Lefebvre
Women and photography occupied an alternative position in the 19th century, on the bangs of official culture, the cultural power reserved for men and the artistic supremacy of painting. Driven by artistic, intellectual and political ambitions, women turned to photography as a means of expression, a medium then in search of legitimacy and the status of art.
They linked and reappropriated corporeity and action, using photography's power to bear witness, to indicate and to imprint. As photographers, these women embarked on performative experiments, discovering themselves, their bodies, imaginary worlds and the language of photography, fuelling this new medium with its vast margins of action, which became a medium of expression and artistic and political affirmation.
Presentation of the speaker
Léa Lefebvre
Léa Lefebvre teaches History of Contemporary Art and History of Photography at Sciences Po Aix.
A graduate in Art History from Université Paris-Nanterre and in Cultural Policies and Political Science from Sciences Po Aix, she has focused her studies on the notion of subversion. In her writing and research, Léa Lefebvre apprehends the world through the prism of intersecting social, political and artistic contexts.
She has worked as a studio manager in a gallery, is editor and artistic coordinator for a digital magazine (La Zone), and co-founded a collective of artists and curators, dedicated to the production of immersive works and scenographies, as well as curating exhibitions. She accompanies young artists in their practice, notably by writing texts on their productions and approaches.
