I Never Told Anyone


  • Photographer
    Vanderreydt Benedicte
  • Prize
    3rd Place / Fine Art/Other_FA
  • Company/Studios
    VB Projets
  • Date of Photograph
    November 2015
  • Technical Info
    Digital

This series explores the status of women through the prism of folklore myths. Seven images that tell the saga of women in my family ostracized by society. A time when only what people say was more important than self-realization. This story of women put under the extinguisher by social conventions has something universal. Binche (small town in southern Belgium) is the stronghold of my family and folklore in Northern Europe. This carnival is the only one in Europe that is genuinely attached to the most ancient sources of our countries. In the eyes of ancient myths, the woman has no say or, more precisely, nothing that can be said. Excluded from the ritual, the woman is excluded and reduced to a sexual and mysterious object. This is where the two stories intersect: the individual speech (family story) and the collective discourse (Myths and folklore). This aesthetic one, is a 'once upon a time' tale that reassures by displaying fiction. These are paintings made with some photographic technique whose often cruel accuracy is tempered through cinematic effects. Despite this heavy implementation, the choice of the still image is clear, even determined for its power and also probably for its ability of reminiscence.

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