Isabelle Bonnet
Born 1965, Poitiers, France.
Lives and works in Paris, France.
Lives and works in Paris, France.
Isabelle Bonnet worked for twenty-five years in fashion photography between Paris and New York. In 2011, she resumed her university studies in art history and joined University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne for a master's degree in photography. Under the supervision of Michel Poivert, she wrote two dissertations: Casa Susanna’s Cross-Dressers Photographs and The Interiors in English Photography, 1970-1980. She’s currently a Ph.D. student in visual culture, under the supervision of Bertrand Tillier, at the same university. Her thesis research focuses on the social imaginary of the crime scene in contemporary photography.
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Events
5 July
HOME SWEET HOME
1970 – 2018: THE BRITISH HOME, A POLITICAL HISTORY
Exhibition tour
by Isabelle Bonnet, curator, and the artists.
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Maison des peintres
4 July
FAMILY PORTRAITS, GENDER PHOTOS (PÉPITES, LOUIE MEDIA)
Round table
Led by Sébastien Thème, host of Pépites, with director Sébastien Lifshitz, curators Isabelle Bonnet and Sophie Hackett (Casa Susanna) and Rebecca Amsellem, founder of Les Glorieuses media.
What traces do we leave of our intimacy and what do we show of ourselves and of our families to the external gaze? At the foot of the Catskills, in the American countryside of the 50s and 60s, Casa Susanna is a destination for new-yorkers on weekends. Just like any family on a holiday, they come to play cards and swim to relax. But in this refuge for transgender identity, they are dressed as typical housewives. While being outcasts out of sight, they still take pictures of themselves. In 2004, photographs reappear on a New-York flea market. “Ordinary women, just like those you can see in every family photo-album,” writes Isabelle Bonnet in her article Les Photographies retrouvées de la Casa Susanna. This round table will question the family photo genre through the story of Casa Susanna…
What traces do we leave of our intimacy and what do we show of ourselves and of our families to the external gaze? At the foot of the Catskills, in the American countryside of the 50s and 60s, Casa Susanna is a destination for new-yorkers on weekends. Just like any family on a holiday, they come to play cards and swim to relax. But in this refuge for transgender identity, they are dressed as typical housewives. While being outcasts out of sight, they still take pictures of themselves. In 2004, photographs reappear on a New-York flea market. “Ordinary women, just like those you can see in every family photo-album,” writes Isabelle Bonnet in her article Les Photographies retrouvées de la Casa Susanna. This round table will question the family photo genre through the story of Casa Susanna…
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Cour Fanton
5 July
PANEL DISCUSSION BREAKFAST
CASA SUSANNA
PANEL DISCUSSION FOLLOWED BY A SIGNING
With curators Isabelle Bonnet and Sophie Hackett (Casa Susanna).
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Croisière
6 July
CASA SUSANNA
Exhibition tour
By curators Isabelle Bonnet and Sophie Hackett.
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Espace Van Gogh
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