HYÈRES 2023:
AND THE BIG WINNER IS...
For the past 7 years, American Vintage has been a partner of the Hyères Fashion, Photography and Accessories Festival. This year, as well as awarding its Photography Prize to Souleymane Bachir Diaw, the brand exhibited a series of photographs entitled "Eternal: Time is water flowing through the palm" by Chiron Duong, winner of the American Vintage Award in 2022.
SOULEYMANE BACHIR DIAW: 2023 WINNER
For the 2023 edition, American Vintage took over the maze of rooms at Villa Noailles to exhibit the photographs of the festival's 10 finalists. Souleymane Bachir Diaw was presented with the American Vintage Photography Award at the end of the Festival weekend. The Senegalese-born artist presented two raw, sincere portraits in which her selection of American Vintage pieces came to life.
"I felt a lot of gratitude. And I thought of all the people who have nurtured my work. The list goes on and on! It's also a feeling of pride, because my work has resonated, and this prize gives me the opportunity to develop it further, with new resources."
— Souleymane Bachir Diaw
— Souleymane Bachir Diaw
NEXT
YEAR,
A PROJECT
WITH AMV
Next year, Souleymane Bachir Diaw will be commissioned to produce a fashion series with American Vintage - which will then be presented at the 2024 Hyères Festival. It is an opportunity for us to continue to showcase young talent.
"I'm going to continue to explore “sutura”, a term that refers to the values of discretion, modesty, respect for intimacy and privacy. I want to work with fabrics and also other materials, and approach everything in a sculptural and poetic way."
— Souleymane Bachir Diaw
— Souleymane Bachir Diaw
"ETERNAL: TIME IS WATER FLOWING THROUGH THE PALM" BY CHIRON DUONG, 2022 WINNER
Last year, photographer Chiron Duong won the 2022 American Vintage Photography Award. This year, he returned to Villa Noailles to exhibit "Eternal: Time is water flowing through the palm", a series of 19 intimate shots, sometimes in colour, sometimes in black and white.
Photo credits
Florian Puech
Luc Bertrand
Florian Puech
Luc Bertrand