PhotoSaintGermain-Noémie Ninot, 22 Loggerstraat, Zaandam

Noémie Ninot, 22 Loggerstraat, Zaandam

« During pregnancy, the cellular exchange between mother and child is mutual: fetal cells migrate into maternal organs and remain there for life. This phenomenon, known as microchimerism, inspired the photographic project 22 Loggerstraat, Zaandam, which explores ties across three generations of women. The pictures, taken at my grandmother's house in the Netherlands, replay our daily life through hyperrealistic masks cast from our faces. Echoing chimerism, we swap faces: I become my mother, my mother becomes my grandmother, my grandmother becomes me, and so on. A circulation that examines how we carry the other within us, how one can disrupt identity as unique, and what happens when one becomes those one has observed one's whole life. The images take the form of vignettes inspired by Dutch genre painting, where the banality of the everyday, the repetition of gestures, and the arrangement of objects structure space. The project thus sheds light on a quiet transmission of the female condition, inscribed in ordinary rituals and gestures. The presence of my grandfather appears a year later in the series. Often isolated, his presence introduces a form of incongruity and opens a reflection on the place of masculinity within this circulation of identities. » -Noémie Ninot

This exhibition takes place within the framework of the PhotoSaintGermain festival. Organized in the heart of Paris, in the iconic Saint‐Germain‐des‐Prés neighborhood, PhotoSaintGermain is an annual festival dedicated to promoting photographic creation.

PhotoSaintGermain offers a free and freely accessible exhibition tour across a selection of museums, cultural centers, galleries, and bookstores on the Left Bank. This tour highlights a sharp and eclectic program designed by associated galleries, as well as several original exhibitions and novel projects imagined and produced by the festival.