Frogs Reproduction

Vyara, Rada, Johana and Eva are aged between 7 and 9. The title, evoking a biology lesson, refers to on of their favourite activity: observing frogs and catching tadpoles by the pond of the yard.

Rada, Vyara, Johanna and Eva are standing in a garden, going around a small pond.

"About Frogs reproduction" is above all a narrative of gestures and observation, focusing on these four characters, who study and experience the world, their space, the beings around them. This work is developed as a narrative decomposition of the gestures and actions of these children, more precisely by and for their gaze. Thus a story of autonomy and affirmation emerges, showing a space in which four young girls are in a position to self-govern, to control their movements, their gestures; that is to say, their bodies.

In this circulation of gazes, the viewer is invited to adopt the internal vision of the protagonists and, in doing so, to place themselves in a position of observation. As for the young girls, while their eyes are fixed on what they are studying, they also turn to those who are observing them: the photographer and the viewers. Through these confident gazes, they demonstrate their awareness of the photographic device aimed at them, as well as their ability to hold these external gazes, both adults and scrutinizing.

Rada, Vyara, Johanna and Eva are standing there in the twilight, in full possession of their time - their days, their nights - and navigate in a dreamlike space. In this narrative and fictional work, the voices of the protagonists are heard, as well as that of the photographer, in a fragmented text which punctuates the story and multiplies the points of view.

NB: The last image shows how the captions accompanying the photos are designed: printed and placed near the images, in a glass frame with a metal rim.