Julie Joubert | Patria Nostra

Patria Nostra, is the result of three years of immersion in the French Foreign Legion. With this series, she won the Audience Award of the Prix Découverte Fondation Louis Roederer of the 57th edition of the Rencontres d'Arles. Through a set of photographs taken in several of its structures, Julie Joubert documents the journey of young recruits, from their selection to their integration into operational regiments. Beyond the military institution, his work questions the notions of uprooting, belonging and self-reconstruction, revealing the individual trajectories that emerge behind the imposed uniformity of bodies.

This project was carried out as part of the national photographic commission of the Regards du Grand Paris, Ateliers Médicis and the National Center for Plastic Arts.

The series Patria Nostra de Julie Joubert will be published in parallel at Éditions Loose Joints Publishing