Butterfly Collection
30X21 cm c-print image (200 pieces) / Paris, 2012
(Collection of Foto Galatasaray - by Maryam
Şahinyan)
©Pauline
Guyon / Louis Vuitton
The collection Girls
holding their skirts which I have called the Butterfly Collection corresponds
to a pose which until the 1980’s could be found in the archives of any pre-teen
girl aged about 10. For me, these little girls, who are about to become young
women, are wearing the emblem of womanhood for the first time in the form of
their skirts, which they are holding with both hands. Here again, none of them
is truly free. They are intimately bound to the culture to which they belong
and if we focus more closely on the details, then we begin to decipher the
cultural codes relating to the accessories worn by these young girls. The
Butterfly Collection is very striking both in its unique graphic richness and
as a representation of a group of a defined gender and age. Maryam Şahinyan’s
archives contain countless collections created in secret, with infinite
care.
Maryam Şahinyan’s archives
comprise hundreds of various types of scenario. Linking these visual vehicles
into an accurate whole is one of the most crucial stages of the Foto
Galatasaray project. There are photographs connected by graphic, cultural,
aesthetic preferences or which are absolutely typical of the era in which they
were taken.
The single biggest
difference between studio photography and all other forms of photographic
practice is that it should act as a form of bridge between the public domain
and art, without taking a selective approach. Studio photography is a
documentary exercise in one respect, but also a record of an idealized
reality.
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