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Audrey Tautou, here in Paris, in June 2022.
CINEMA – Audrey Tautou is back. Not at movie theaterbut in bookstores. This Friday, November 29, the French actresswho has been withdrawing from the big screen for several years, publishes Superfaciala book by pictures taken by him in which we can notably find a funny series dedicated… to the journalists who interviewed him.
The 500 photos in the book were taken during the promotion of the films for which she was interviewed. Why this unusual habit? “ I needed to keep a memory, a trace of what I was experiencing, the people I met and what I felt. she explains in an interview with Vanity Fair this Friday.
Before adding to the magazine : “I had to make sense of everything that was said about me. In this adventure, I had to make something that would belong to me and that I could keep. I very quickly translated it into a creative form since this means of expression is an integral part of my life. This led me to work instinctively, without preconceived ideas. »
Audrey Tautou had no idea what she would do with these photographs later, she explains. It was while working on the project for this book a few years ago that she found it interesting to include them. Its goal: to question the mediatization process.
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In Superfacial (Fisheye editions), the actressAmélie Poulain takes some of the photos that she had already exhibited in 2017, during the Rencontres d’Arles, to question her status as a star, her relationship to notoriety or to tell her story with humor and playfulness. Images taken over time accompanied by personal texts, self-portraits and fan letters.
Apart from the animated film Nina and the secret of the hedgehog in 2023, Audrey Tautou has not been seen in the cinema since Santa & Cie in 2017, a comedy by Alain Chabat. A deliberate withdrawal to devote himself to his photographic practice. “ I have always loved shooting, I love cinema, but I experience a feeling of absolute fulfillment when I work on my composed photos », she slips, still in the columns of Vanity Fair.
She also remembers her first self-portrait, taken for Reporters Without Borders. “ I still remember it because it was the first time I was given carte blanche.”says the photographer. “I felt immense joy when, on film, I saw exactly what I had in mind. Like a gift, a power, a fulfillment. A euphoria. The moments of joy experienced with cinema did not reach this fullness. »
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