A young photographer looks at an old friend, a feminist activist who withdrew from the world 40 years ago to live alone on a farm. Dior Art of Color Photography Award-winner Iris Millot’s sensitive and poignant lens captures fragments of a life descending into oblivion while looking for new forms of transmission, Millot's own modern images dialoguing with found photos from her subject’s archive. Below, a conversation between Millot and Marie Claire International Chief Content Officer Galia Loupan-Richard.
All your photos have a woman named Hélène as their subject. Who is she? How did you come to photograph her?
