Cette série pose directement la question de ce qui fait famille, dépassant le schéma classique et éminemment normatif – pour ne pas dire fantasmé – composé d'un père, d'une mère et de leurs enfants (idéalement deux : un garçon et une fille). Photographiés chez eux, chacun des modèles illustre l'hétérogénéité des formes de couple et de famille, selon des compositions variées mais souvent invisibles quand elles ne sont pas tout simplement marginalisées par la société ou les institutions : familles monoparentales, couples homosexuels avec ou sans enfants, couples transgenres, etc.
Extrait du texte de Lilian Froger, commandé par Documents d'Artistes Bretagne à l'occasion de la publication du dossier de Vincent Gouriou sur le site ddab.org
Extrait du texte de Lilian Froger, commandé par Documents d'Artistes Bretagne à l'occasion de la publication du dossier de Vincent Gouriou sur le site ddab.org
Série lauréate de la bourse du talent BT#66 Portrait 2016 (exposition à la BnF François Mitterrand . Paris )
Portfolio sur le site de CNN international : https://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/07/living/gallery/cnnphotos-redefining-families-france/index.html
Portfolio dans le magazine américain Refinery29 https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/family-structure-pictures
Portfolio sur le site de Lensculture : https://www.lensculture.com/articles/vincent-gouriou-families-a-new-definition
Portfolio sur le site de CNN international : https://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/07/living/gallery/cnnphotos-redefining-families-france/index.html
Portfolio dans le magazine américain Refinery29 https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/family-structure-pictures
Portfolio sur le site de Lensculture : https://www.lensculture.com/articles/vincent-gouriou-families-a-new-definition
What is a family? This is the fundamental question that is being asked through these images, which collectively hope to smash conventions and redefine our notion of this age-old concept.
Before us, we find family portraits of all sorts: single mothers, transexual couples, beloved twin sisters and much more. These diverse individuals have come together into varying units to form their own concept of “family.” Each set is rich in their differences yet their underlying similitude paves the way to a universe of definitional possibilities.
In my work, I tried to show the families simply, as they are. I did not intend this work to stand as an objective catalog or exhaustive list of families. These photographers are simply the result of meetings and friendships that I have made across my region to this day.
Before us, we find family portraits of all sorts: single mothers, transexual couples, beloved twin sisters and much more. These diverse individuals have come together into varying units to form their own concept of “family.” Each set is rich in their differences yet their underlying similitude paves the way to a universe of definitional possibilities.
In my work, I tried to show the families simply, as they are. I did not intend this work to stand as an objective catalog or exhaustive list of families. These photographers are simply the result of meetings and friendships that I have made across my region to this day.
