Emmanuelle Barbaras

Emmanuelle Barbaras was born in 1964, she is a French photographer. After a bachelors in psychology, she became a freelance photographer in 1984. She works for the press, communication and edition. Fascinated by Africa and extremely committed on the idea of women, she has created several reports combining the two subjects. A social photographer, she battled against AIDS around the world but also excision in Africa. Through photos, she sounds out intimacy and has done research on the masculine and feminine nude, but also couples. She exhibited images in France and Europe. She obtained the Leica prize for her work on body, then Villa Medicis for her report on AIDS in the world. She is the author of two books: AIDS, gestures and looks with the AIDS association and Our Girls won't be excised with the GAMS association. Member of the Rapho agency, followed by the Editing agency, she now works with the photo company, Signatures. She is preparing a personal book on the masculine nude, which questions body in the society.