Photographier pour Changer le Monde (2/3) : Diane Arbus - Maison de la Photo / Podcasthon

Have you ever wondered if a photograph has ever truly changed anything? That's the question I asked myself... And clearly, I'm not alone. Sociologists, philosophers, and image theorists have been asking themselves this question for decades. And their answers, as brilliant as they are unsettling, form the heart of this episode. In this second chapter of our investigation, I take you to 1960s New York. Diane Arbus wanders the city's margins, photographing those no one wants to see—dwarfs, transvestites, and all sorts of outcasts. She believes that making someone visible is making them dignified. But is that really enough—and for whom? This episode was produced as part of Podcasthon, an initiative that mobilizes hundreds of podcasters across France each year to lend their microphones to a charity. This year, I've chosen to support the Maison de la Photographie in Lille—a place that, like me, believes photography isn't just for experts, and that works every day to make it accessible to everyone, in neighborhoods, with associations and schools, throughout the Hauts-de-France region. To discover them, support them, and follow their programming: 🌐 maisonphoto.com (https://maisonphoto.com) 📸 Instagram: @maisonphoto (  / maisonphoto  ) 📍 22 rue Pierre Legrand, 59800 Lille THEORETICAL SOURCES: • Barthes, R. (1980). Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. Gallimard/Seuil. • Azoulay, A. (2008). The Civil Contract of Photography. Zone Books. • Rosler, M. (1981). In, around and afterthoughts (on documentary photography). In 3 works (pp. 59–86). Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. • Sekula, A. (1986). The body and the archive. October, 39, 3–64. https://doi.org/10.2307/778312 • Sontag, S. (2003). Regarding the pain of others. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. • Tagg, J. (1988). The burden of representation: Essays on photographs and histories. Macmillan.   BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: • National Child Labor Committee Collection. (1908–1918). Photographic prints [Photographic archives]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/collections/natio... • Duerden, T. J. (2018), Lewis Hine: Photographer and American Progressive. McFarland & Company. • Smith, W. E., & Hughes, J. (1991). Minamata. National Center of Photography. • Sussman, E., & Arbus, D. (eds.). (2003). Diane Arbus: Revelations. Random House/Aperture. Did you enjoy this? 1️⃣ Subscribe to the podcast; 2️⃣ Leave a 5-star rating and/or a review; 3️⃣ Share your favorite episodes with your friends. Join Nicéphore on: 🔗 Website (https://elodiebonin.fr/nicephore-3/) 🎧 Tipeee (https://fr.tipeee.com/nicephore-podcast/) 📷 Instagram (  / nicephore_podcast  ) & TikTok (  / nicephore.podcast  ) Collaboration contact: [email protected] Music: "Nicéphore," composed by Pierre Lutz (  / lutz.music  , is a composition created specifically for this podcast. All rights reserved. The Nicéphore podcast is an original creation by Élodie Bonin (https://elodiebonin.fr). Support us on Tipeee (https://fr.tipeee.com/nicephore-podcast)!