States of an Eating Self, 2025
photographic series
In a world obsessed with control and performance, Camille Poitevin invites us to slow down and reconnect with a fundamental gesture: eating. Through her lens, this everyday act becomes a moment of intimacy, introspection, and human connection.
The artist subverts the conventions of studio photography: while the frame is carefully composed, the staging gives way to a lived, shared moment. The camera freely captures micro-expressions, suspended gestures, and states of presence. Women and gender-minoritized people are invited to take part in this collective yet deeply personal experience.
States of an Eating Self focuses on what escapes controlled imagery. By rejecting the aesthetics of perfection, the series opens a space to reinhabit the body : a space where the inner self can emerge. Eating becomes an act of attention, a site of resistance to the norms that shape our desires and appearances.
1. Exhibition tiff 2025 - Emerging Belgian Photography, 28.06.25 - 28.09.25 © FOMU/We Document Art.
2. Exhibition Art Contest 2025, Botanique Museum, Brussels, BE, 2025.
photographic series
In a world obsessed with control and performance, Camille Poitevin invites us to slow down and reconnect with a fundamental gesture: eating. Through her lens, this everyday act becomes a moment of intimacy, introspection, and human connection.
The artist subverts the conventions of studio photography: while the frame is carefully composed, the staging gives way to a lived, shared moment. The camera freely captures micro-expressions, suspended gestures, and states of presence. Women and gender-minoritized people are invited to take part in this collective yet deeply personal experience.
States of an Eating Self focuses on what escapes controlled imagery. By rejecting the aesthetics of perfection, the series opens a space to reinhabit the body : a space where the inner self can emerge. Eating becomes an act of attention, a site of resistance to the norms that shape our desires and appearances.
1. Exhibition tiff 2025 - Emerging Belgian Photography, 28.06.25 - 28.09.25 © FOMU/We Document Art.
2. Exhibition Art Contest 2025, Botanique Museum, Brussels, BE, 2025.
