PHOTOGRAPHY

Yul Tomatala – Anfa

by Yul Tomatala

« Through a series of reflections I considered Casablanca’s modern and colonial heritage from  an urban development perspective. Going beyond a purely documentary approach, I chose to look  beyond the confines of the real world to turn towards a broader and more personal narrative.  This  territory, which European architects once regarded as their fantasy laboratory, becomes a space  for exploration and questioning. Between modern utopia and postmodern deconstruction, these images depict the innocence and  exuberance of a  turbulent era in the collective memory.»

PHOTOGRAPHY

Credo

with Matthieu Gafsou

The aim of the Centre intercantonal d’information sur les croyances (CIC) is to map the religious diversity of our regions and to explain in a neutral way how the cantonal communities function. The director, Brigitte Knobel, contacted the ECAL to create a visual cartography of the communities. Second-year students were asked to photograph the project. They worked throughout the year on an assigned religious community, selected beforehand according to geographical and diversity criteria.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Collaboration with Thierry Mugler

with Philippe Jarrigeon

Mugler’s heritage reinterpreted through the eyes of eighteen students of the 2nd year photography Bachelor course at the ECAL. A collaborative project led by the professor and acclaimed photographer Philippe Jarrigeon based on photographic and video works on 18 archive creations.

EXHIBITIONS

ECAL x Jean Paul Gaultier: Smells Like Queer Spirit,
05.02–24.04.2022,
Musée des beaux-arts, Le Locle

From 5 February (opening on 4 February at 6 pm) to 24 April 2022 at the Musée des beaux-arts in Le Locle, ECAL presents the exhibition "Smells Like Queer Spirit" created in collaboration with Jean Paul Gaultier by third-year Bachelor Photography students, under the direction of Florence Tétier and Nicolas Coulomb (Novembre). Namsa Leuba and Erwan Frotin, two graduates of the Bachelor Photography programme at ECAL, will also be honoured with two monographic exhibitions.