EMANUELA CHERCHI
Adolescere
Born in 1988 in Sassari (Sardinia), Emanuela Cherchi is a photographer. After studying information and communication sciences, she continued her studies in photography at the Istituto Italiano di Fotografia of Milan (Italy). In 2014, she moved to Montpellier (France) where she studied for a master’s degree in Art History. Her thesis was about photography and intimacy. She has been founder of the Montpellier-based association Corpo Opaco, which focused on the exploration of contemporary photographic practices. On a personal level, her photographic projects reflect on the portrait and the relationship between the photographer and the photographed subject. Her latest series Nyctalopie is presented at the festival Les Nuits Photographiques de Pierrevert and in 2019 she will exhibit Campana di Vetro at the BiFoto Festival della Fotograpfia in Mogoro, Sardania. Her series often include interactions with other creative (poets, musicians, writers or models).
She lives and works between Montpellier and Sardinia.
Every person’s life is characterized by moments of transition. These are often pivotal moments marked by critical changes from on way of being to another. These periods are fundamental, for without change there is no evolution. Adolescence is perhaps the most emblematic of these moments. A true rite of passage, this intermediate period between childhood and adulthood corresponds to a phase of essential physical and mental transformation during which the individual takes on a new identity. Adolescence is a time of transition when we lose our childhood to the unknown, and its memory accompanies us throughout our lives.
At the core of this project is the desire to meet and question today’s teenagers, to get them to participate in the creative process in a concept of self-representation. The final result is a multifaced collective work that mixes the languages and points of view of teenagers who question what their image says about themselves.