Honorable Mention TIFA 2025 Fine Art / Portrait

Formol – Corpus Mémoriel

  • Photographer
    Eric Lafargue
  • Agency / Studio
    Eric Lafargue
  • Technical Info
    Experimental Photographic Device Inspired By Fiber Optics, Contact-based Imaging
  • Photo Date
    2023, 2024, 2025

Formol – Corpus mémoriel explores how the body can be preserved without being shown. Using an experimental device inspired by fiber optics, I record only the zones of skin contact, where pressure leaves a trace. The result is not a portrait or biometric data, but an organic imprint — fragile, tactile, and human. Echoing Cubism and the Japanese gyotaku, these images restore the skin’s materiality against the filtered aesthetics of social media, offering memory as archive and resistance.

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