How did the idea of holding a competition come about?
The competition was created by a group of MMI students. All passionate about images in general and eager to put the skills we've learned to good use. We created an association, sought funding, and worked on development, both through communications and the organization of the competition itself. This materialized into posters and a web platform on which the works are submitted, not to mention the competition's presence on Facebook.
How did it go?
For this first edition, we focused on young people aged 16 to 25 from the Midi-Pyrénées, Languedoc-Roussillon, and Aquitaine regions. There were around twenty entries on the competition's three themes: "It's Better with Your Fingers," "Noise is Listened to in Silence," and "Homo-Connectus." Themes that encourage reflection, to break out of the ordinary and offer unique images. And finally, the jury, composed of my father Pierre Canivenq, a photographer; Marie Charignon, an aesthetics professor at the IUT; Philippe Cabidoche, an audiovisual professor at the IUT; and Erika Bretton from the Omnibus in Tarbes, selected the winners.
What can we see at the Artelier on Friday?
We will inaugurate the final exhibition of the competition. It will feature, of course, the photos that won each of the three themes. But also the Audience Award and the Jury's Favorite. And other photos of the competition winners so as not to focus on just one photo and allow the public to discover a little more of their work.
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