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From January 11 to February 15 2023

Between the ecological and geopolitical crisis, energy is not only in the news but also in our landscapes. Fields of photovoltaic panels, power station chimneys, electric dams, wind turbines. Energy issues lead to giant infrastructures that are real photographic subjects. In addition to modern installations, urbex enthusiasts can also take an interest in abandoned factories, particularly coal industries. The ENERGIE(S) competition offers you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the heart of these industries to make a real artistic and documentary experience.

This competition is carried out in collaboration with USIMAGES, an event that allows the memory of companies to be questioned and the work of men to be highlighted through a series of outdoor exhibitions. The 5th edition is based on a programme of eleven exhibitions on the themes of energy and metallurgy. The three winners of the jury will be able to exhibit their photographs during this festival.

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#1 1st prize of the jury

Vincent Mourlon B.

Sans Titre

/Album par défaut

#2 2nd prize of the jury

noakeane

En 2030, on ira voir la mer

/Default album

#3 3rd prize of the jury

melinarard

ATOME28.jpg

/mon voisin l'atome

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Usimages Organized by the Agglomeration Creil Sud Oise under the artistic direction of Diaphane, a photographic center in Picardy, this event makes it possible to question the memory of companies and to highlight the work of men, through a route of outdoor exhibitions. Can we represent the work? Do we keep traces of those moments spent at work in our personal albums? Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, companies have built through photography an ideology to magnify technical progress and social ascent as the only personal fulfillment. Did they constitute a memory for this? The modernization of the production tool and automation have made the figure of the worker disappear from companies. The disappearance of the worker from the field of photography is metaphorical of the economic concept which wants immediate profitability through a reduction in production and labor costs. Easy-to-substitute men with no identity. More representation of work, more workers, for increased profit. Photographers therefore have a responsibility in the production of images and in the ideology that they accept or not to serve. Putting the exhibitions of this biennial into perspective will raise questions and make us think about the role of images in the establishment of a media ideology. website

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Energy

FinishedFrom January 11 to February 15 2023