LOÏC LAFORGE
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BIOGRAPHY
Loïc suggests the invisibilities of this world, those that are nestled in this life that could be described as «daily» through the magic and emotion that film photography translates. He never ceases to experiment this medium with all the possibilities that digital offers today in realisation.
Mainly influenced by documentary photography, he exploited this field during his travels in Europe and Palestine. He graduated at the Neue Schule fur Fotografie in Berlin in 2017, where he developed his project «Touche d'Espoir» within the association SkatePal. His "coup de coeur" was instantaneous and his project took place over 5 years.
Loïc has since focused his work on the theme of Childhood. To do this he immerses himself in the closest to his subject by working, and training, in the job of specialist educator for the «Childhood Protection». Today he is signing his new project entitled “Dans le silence”, an intimate work that highlights domestic and parental violence, as well as the long road to resilience.
EXHIBITIONS / PUBLICATIONS / PRIZES
2024
Exhibition at "Jardin de Deux Rives" in Strasbourg with La Chambre
"Figures de Style" Mathias Zwick - Loïc Laforge from 06/09 to 29/09/24
Book presentation at the Arles BookFair with GiostreEdizioni
Book Presentation at PhotoBooksSwitzerland in Geneva with Giostre Edizioni
Group exhibition #Perspectives23 - La Chambre - Strasbourg - France
10/02/24 au 31/03/24 - with Emma Cossée Cruz / Christopher Barraja / Angélin Girard / Safia Delta
2023
Group exhibition during "Les Rencontres de la Photographie" - Arles - France
The gallery Le Lac Gelé and Richard Petit invite La Chambre and the program "Perspectives"
https://lelacgele.org/perspectives/
One year program "Perspectives" organised by La Chambre - Strasbourg - France
https://www.la-chambre.org/informations-pratiques/
2022
Focus #30 from Fisheye magazine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jBYb9jemto
Publication in FISHEYE magazine n°56 - "Frénésie" - november / december 2022
https://www.fisheyemagazine.fr/decouvertes/actu/fisheye-56-une-frenesie-contagieuse/
"ROTLICHT" festival's open call winner
group exhibition 17.11 to 26.11 in Vienna
https://rotlicht-festival.at/Winner-2022
Solo exhibition part of "Le Mois de la Photo" in Grenoble /France
from 25/11 to 10/12
https://www.maison-image.fr/mois-de-la-photo/2022-photographie-de-lintime-archives-collectives/
Interview for FISHEYE Magazine, article by Apolline Coëffet
Winner Giostre Edizioni's "secondgiro open call" : 100 copy limited edition book production
https://giostreedizioni.com/Open-call-Secondo-giro-1
Exhibition at "OFF GRID" festival in Vienna / 7.09.22 to 11.09.22
https://offgridfoto.at/en/home/
Longlisted "Format 23" open call
Shortlisted Circulation(s)
Best entries Charta Award Photobook Festival
"Coup de Coeur" InCadaques festival open call 2022
Shortlisted by Athens Photo Festival
2021
Group exhibition "Contact" organized by "AnalogueNOW" in Berlin
Jury's price at the "Session #4 of the Prix Mentor 2021"
organized by "Freelens" in Arles
"Mojo" group exhibition during Charta Festival, Roma
Part of the thirty finalist in the "Fisheye X Milk - language sensible" photo contest
Selected for the "Session #3 of the Prix Mentor 2021" organized by "Freelens" at "Les Femmes s'exposent"
(couldn't participate at the session)
Publication in "Mojo" from Yogurt Magazine and the Paper Room
2020
Publication in "Bad Taste" from Yogurt Magazine and the Paper Room
Publication in "SAHTEN The Skatepal Cookbook" edited by Tom Bird
100% proceeds to programmes in Palestine
2018
"Analog" group exhibition during EMOP in Berlin
Selected for the "Session #5 of the Prix Mentor 2018" organized by "Freelens"
at "Visa pour l'Image", Perpignan, France
2017
Invited by CANON at "Visa pour l'Image" in Perpignan
Publication in "Roll With The Punches" UK non-profit zine by Tom Bird,
limited edition of 500 copies
Exhibition in the Emmaüs festival "Jours de Resistances"
Publication in "DIE ZEIT MAGAZIN" number 20 / 11 mai 2017
"IMPRESSUM" group exhibition in Berlin
2014
" FEAST" group exhibition curated by Eva Maria Ocherbauer