The project, An Enlightening Journey, celebrates the resilience and strength of students from the FLS (French as a Schooling Language) program at J.B.
Corot High School. These students, often arriving alone after traumatic journeys, face numerous challenges integrating into French society. The project’s aim is to combat discrimination by highlighting their unique stories through an artistic series that includes portraits, video interviews, and texts. These students, overcoming language barriers and past traumas, showcase their journeys of hope and perseverance.
The program, essential for their integration, helps students progress into vocational training and find better job opportunities. The project brings together former students, now financially independent and settled, with current students aiming for certification (C.A.P or BAC PRO). It fosters connections, offering a platform for interaction both online and in-person
during exhibitions and meet-ups.
Photographic portraits provide a way for these young people, who often struggle with verbal expression due to cultural differences, trauma and language barriers, to tell their stories. This initiative also addresses the challenges of learning French amid migration-related difficulties. Concerning the photographic part of the project, the artistic vision is led by Juliette de Cuzey, a self-taught French photographer whose work has mainly been focused on underrepresented communities.
uto/Tue – pet/Fri 13 – 19h
sub/Sat 10 – 15h
