du décor
L'envers
Prix IREST 2023
Curated by Francesca Cominelli
Exhibition from January 22 to 26, 2024
Finalists :
Cristiano Atticciati, Antoine Bonin, Aurore Dumont, Jeanne Hardy, Rebecca Le Milon, Sudip Maiti, Sebastian Schich, Orazio Sparano, Gabrielle Triestini
Jury :
Francesca Cominelli (MCF in Economics of cultural heritage, IREST-EIREST, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Gianluigi Di Giangirolamo (Communication manager of IREST)
Sozita Goudouna (Curator, The Opening Gallery New York)
Michel Tiard (President of AIDA-IREST)
Yann Toma (Professor and artist, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Director of Sorbonne ArtGallery)
Theme of the contest : L'envers du décor
In 2021 and 2022, the IREST Prize invited photographers to reflect on the difficulties and conflicts of the tourism sector in the aftermath of the health crisis and then on its future. For this edition, the focus is on 'behind the scenes', trying to reveal what lies behind the 'staging' of tourism. Who are the people working behind the scenes of the system? What are the actors who contribute to shaping the tourist experience? What realities exist near the emblematic places? What are the dynamics and activities that go unnoticed by tourists? The objective is thus to explore the little-known and often overlooked facets of this industry, highlighting the actors, activities, conflicts that may escape the attention of visitors.
IREST
The Institute for Research and Higher Studies in Tourism (IREST) was created in 1961. It is a multidisciplinary institute within the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne which offers a wide range of training, from the Professional License to Masters in the fields of tourist development, heritage enhancement, of hospitality and management of tourist activities, international tourism and sustainable tourism, in Paris and internationally. Research activities are structured within the EIREST (Interdisciplinary Team of REcherches on Tourism) which is composed of geographers, anthropologists, economists, researchers in management sciences, of historians, art historians and sociologists working on tourism in an interdisciplinary approach. IREST coordinates the activities of the UNESCO Chair "Culture, Tourism, Development" and the international network UNITWIN UNESCO composed of several universities located on five continents.
IREST Price
With billions of photos posted on social networks every day, photography is one of the languages of contemporary society. She is certainly the most immediate and most popular medium for conveying emotions and a vision of the world. Practically since its invention, photography has also been one of the main activities of travelers around the world, capable of creating and circulating multiple imaginations. That is why IREST wants to encourage photographers to share their work, which reflects the transformations of the tourism sector and the issues and conflicts it raises.
