Dans un océan d’images j’ai vu le tumulte du monde

Frameworks is a quest for the meaning and scope of images. Bombarded by thousands of images every day, are we still able to truly see them, especially those of conflict and its aftermath?

An overdose of images kills the image. In a constantly changing field, creators of images are developing new visions of the photographic art form and looking for new strategies to capture our attention with significant images.

From the seemingly endless ocean of images, Helen Doyle has chosen the work of several photographers and visual artists who force us to look deeper at the outside world and at ourselves. Through encounters with these outstanding creators, Doyle takes us on her quest to discover a vast palette of contrasting images which shock and compel: the visual poetry of Lana Šlezić in Afghanistan, Philip Blenkinsop’s almost unbearable imagery of Asia, Alfredo Jaar’s monumental installations, Paolo Ventura’s miniature re-enactments of war, the photographs of storyteller Stanley Greene in war zones and those of Geert van Kesteren in Irak, with his vision of citizen journalism. We follow Letizia Battaglia’s struggle against the mafia in Sicily, Nadia Benchallal’s cherished project that starts out in her native Algeria, Bertand Carrière’s photographic installation on the beaches of Normandy and Sera Phousera Ing’s graphic novel recreations of the genocide in Cambodia.

This is a film for all those who capture innumerable images with their cellphones and digital cameras and share them with us all. It is a film for people who seek to understand our tumultuous world and look for meaning in the challenging work of artists today.

s.-t. anglais: Frameworks - Images of a Changing World

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