Les Plasticités de l’image
2025 Graduate Exhibition
The exhibition “Les Plasticités de l’image” (The Plasticity of Images) showcases work by the 2025 graduates of the École nationale supérieure de la photographie (National School of Photography).
Spread across two prestigious and iconic locations in Arles—the Hôtel Quiqueran de Beaujeu, home to the Arles Créative association, and the Hôtel Blain, home to the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation—this exhibition aims to show the public a wide range of photographic practices and approaches that students explore during their studies at the photography school. To highlight the diversity, originality, and complementarity of these works, the ENSP entrusted the curatorship to Léa Bismuth, who, as an art critic, researcher, exhibition curator, and president of the diploma jury, has been able to closely follow their approaches and intentions.
The result is a structured exhibition organized around three main themes—Realism, Speculation, and Possibilities—offering an overview of the contemporary photographic practices explored by these young artists: from video to installation, traditional techniques to digital innovations.
This project benefits from the valuable support of the Neuflize OBC Corporate Foundation and Sony, as well as the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation, Arles Créative, and Mosaicc, which have made their spaces available.
Opening reception on Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hôtel Quiquéran in Beaujeu
Free admission at both venues,
Wednesday through Friday | 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
and weekends | 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
→ Hôtel Quiqueran de Beaujeu (Arles Créative & Mosaicc), 16 rue des Arènes, Arles
→ Hôtel Blain (Fondation Manuel Rivera Ortiz), 18 rue de la Calade, Arles
→ Cécile BLAQUE
→ Mathis CLODIC
→ Léa DEVENELLE
→ Loïsà GATTO
→ Orane GRUNENWALD
→ Grégoire LAUDE
→ Yan LÉANDRI
→ Maud MARTIN
→ Pauline WEBER
Léa Bismuth holds a PhD in art theory (EHESS), is an art critic, and an independent curator.
She has curated exhibitions for Les Tanneries, Le BAL, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Le Drawing Lab, the Musée Delacroix, Labanque de Béthune, the Château de Montsoreau, and others.
She writes regularly for the daily newspaper AOC as well as for exhibition catalogs.
As an author, she has published L’art de passer à l’acte (Presses Universitaires de France, 2024) and her next book, Étoiles communes – vers une écologie cosmique, will be published in January 2026 by Actes Sud.
She teaches aesthetics, philosophy, and art history at universities and art schools.
Photo by Juliette Agnel
© Samuel Vorms, CERN, Portail de la science, Suisse, 2025. « Partir à la découverte du CERN et de la science en vivant des expériences authentiques et innovantes »
© Cécile Blaque, Le Lance-pierre
© Baptiste Vitorino, Fragments II
© Pol Gallo, Construction : recouvrement