LILOU - Lucie Hodiesne Darras
"Lilou is the nickname given to my autistic older brother Antoine, 34 (...) Like Luc Besson's heroine in The Fifth Element, he is an exceptional person, living in a universe different from our own," confided 27-year-old photographer Lucie Hodiesne Darras when we met her for the first time. For the past five years, the young artist has been working in close collaboration with her elder brother, Lilou. A sensitive project highlighting a disability that is still too stigmatized.
"It's in a very positive and humanistic spirit that I'd like to offer a new look at autism, full of hope and optimism, for better inclusion in our society", declares the author today. And while the protagonist of her story doesn't speak, write or draw, he reveals himself with staggering honesty through his sister's snapshots. Always attentive to her brother's well-being, Lucie Hodiesne Darras builds a poetic monochrome tale to the rhythm of his rituals - necessary appointments in time and space. An object reminiscent of a family album, at the heart of which portraits both rough and delicate follow one another, immersing the reader in her universe.
Foreword by Minh Tran Huy, introduction by Lucie Hodiesne Darras & afterword by Benoît Beaume
Published by Fisheye Editions, 2023
17 cm x 24 cm, 160 pages, French and English
ISBN 979-10-97326-16-6
"Lilou is the nickname given to my autistic older brother Antoine, 34 (...) Like Luc Besson's heroine in The Fifth Element, he is an exceptional person, living in a universe different from our own," confided 27-year-old photographer Lucie Hodiesne Darras when we met her for the first time. For the past five years, the young artist has been working in close collaboration with her elder brother, Lilou. A sensitive project highlighting a disability that is still too stigmatized.
"It's in a very positive and humanistic spirit that I'd like to offer a new look at autism, full of hope and optimism, for better inclusion in our society", declares the author today. And while the protagonist of her story doesn't speak, write or draw, he reveals himself with staggering honesty through his sister's snapshots. Always attentive to her brother's well-being, Lucie Hodiesne Darras builds a poetic monochrome tale to the rhythm of his rituals - necessary appointments in time and space. An object reminiscent of a family album, at the heart of which portraits both rough and delicate follow one another, immersing the reader in her universe.
Foreword by Minh Tran Huy, introduction by Lucie Hodiesne Darras & afterword by Benoît Beaume
Published by Fisheye Editions, 2023
17 cm x 24 cm, 160 pages, French and English
ISBN 979-10-97326-16-6
"Lilou is the nickname given to my autistic older brother Antoine, 34 (...) Like Luc Besson's heroine in The Fifth Element, he is an exceptional person, living in a universe different from our own," confided 27-year-old photographer Lucie Hodiesne Darras when we met her for the first time. For the past five years, the young artist has been working in close collaboration with her elder brother, Lilou. A sensitive project highlighting a disability that is still too stigmatized.
"It's in a very positive and humanistic spirit that I'd like to offer a new look at autism, full of hope and optimism, for better inclusion in our society", declares the author today. And while the protagonist of her story doesn't speak, write or draw, he reveals himself with staggering honesty through his sister's snapshots. Always attentive to her brother's well-being, Lucie Hodiesne Darras builds a poetic monochrome tale to the rhythm of his rituals - necessary appointments in time and space. An object reminiscent of a family album, at the heart of which portraits both rough and delicate follow one another, immersing the reader in her universe.
Foreword by Minh Tran Huy, introduction by Lucie Hodiesne Darras & afterword by Benoît Beaume
Published by Fisheye Editions, 2023
17 cm x 24 cm, 160 pages, French and English
ISBN 979-10-97326-16-6
