PRINCES
Installation
Film
Stone Boys
Les Mornes, le Feu
The Third Island
Study for a Shell on Concrete
Postcard, Rear View
Palm I
INSULAR
Poems
Publications
Exhibition Views
Reviews
Writings
Commissioned
About
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PRINCES
Installation
Film
Stone Boys
Les Mornes, le Feu
The Third Island
Study for a Shell on Concrete
Postcard, Rear View
Palm I
INSULAR
Poems
Publications
Exhibition Views
Reviews
Writings
Commissioned
About
contact
Photographic series, variable formats
+ Limited edition fanzine MEP x Morel Books
Les Mornes, Le Feu is a series born out of Cédrine Scheidig’s fascination with urban culture in the Caribbean. Drawing on the idea of an associative language, a concept deeply rooted in the rhizomatic thought of Caribbean poet Édouard Glissant, the project seeks to explore Caribbean youth and the vernacular practices that have developed on the margins of the former colonial city.
Rhizomatic connections emerge through the historical legacy of slavery, the culture of amplified music, the influence of the United States, Black emancipation movements, marronage, and bling, all coexisting in the Caribbean city alongside an overabundant nature and a floating sense of protective
spiritualism. Breaking away from the idyllic imagery and stereotypes associated with Caribbean identity, the photographs offer alternative depictions of island life and tender portraits of Black masculinity. Centering the perspective of a generation in search of renewed narratives and new forms of belonging, the project explores how young people connect with the visible and invisible layers of the world they inhabit. Details of bodies and objects become artifacts charged with symbols. Landscapes, whether concrete or vegetal, abandoned or lush, play both the role of setting and protagonist. In this universe traversed by signs and echoes, the youth compose shifting identities, sometimes painful, always inventive.
This project has received the PhMuseum Women Photographer Grant 1st Prize 2023
Selected works from this project were published in a limited-edition fanzine by the Maison Européenne de la Photographie and Morel Books as part of the exhibition de la mer à la terre. Edition of 250 copies.
PhMuseum Women Photographer Prize | Link to announcement
PhMuseum | Link to Project
Maison Européenne de la Photographie | Link to exhibition
Mörel Books | Link to publication
Salut au Monde ! Porto | Link to exhibition