monographie de Simone Simon

parue aux éditions Arnaud Bizalion, en avril 2025
In the mid-70s, Simone Simon embarked on a career as a fashion photographer, a daring choice in an era and time and in an environment where women were on the other side of the lens. From the 2000s onwards, she invested herself in an artistic approach, moving away from purely aesthetic considerations in favour of a narrative and social intention, in which the testimony of anonymous a large part. And when the human figure disappears from her images, it is in favour of urban shots and natural environments that ‘make a landscape’, and yet in which our presence remains. We enter into a state of contemplation, faced with our own traces and the vibration of the living.

NU éditions Eva Vautier, 2019

Preface by David Le Breton - Text by Chiara Palermo
The numbered edition includes photographs of 26 women and their intimate surroundings, as well as their transcribed testimonies. The preface, Des femmes rieuses, is signed by the sociologist and anthropologist David Le Breton. The book is enriched by a text by the philosopher and curator, Chiara Palermo: From the unveiling of the self and the territories of the intimate. On sale at the Eva Vautier Gallery - Price 35 € including shipping View an extract Link to the exhibition

NE REGARDEZ PAS LE RENARD PASSER

artist's edition printed at 100 copies.
The boxed set was printed in 5 copies and contains : The illustrated edition with 6 photographs and a USB key with a selection of the audio testimonies. On sale at the Eva Vautier Gallery

LES PORTES DU SAINT-PIERRE

Book of photographs published by Le Passager Clandestin www.lepassagerclandestin.fr Archived at the National Museum of Immigration History, Paris www.histoire-immigration.fr Link to The doors of the Saint-Pierre

NOSTALGIE DU PRESENT

published by E-DITE, Paris