Narelle Autio — The eyes of her & Place in Between – The Changelings
Exhibition from June 19 to November 2, 2025
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Opening on Thursday June 19
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Abbaye de l’Epau
Route de Changé, 72530 Yvré-l’Évêque
The photography season at Epau Abbey brings together two series by Australian photographer Narelle Autio: ‘The eyes of her’ and ‘Place in Between – The Changelings’.
Narelle Autio has spent more than 20 years immortalising these ‘aquatic moments’ alongside her reports for various newspapers and magazines. Winner of a first prize at the World Press Photo and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award in 2002, Narelle Autio’s subtle photographic approach explores the powerful bond that exists between Australians and the Ocean.
In her personal photographic research, she likes to study the human body in relation to water, carried by it, distorted, surrounded by a cloud of air bubbles that make it a surreal figure, bordering on abstraction.
“I’ve always been fascinated by the mixed feelings of happiness and fear I experience when swimming in the ocean or in the relative safety of a swimming pool. Our attraction to water is counterbalanced by the impossibility of living in this environment, in which a simple breath separates us from death.” Narelle Autio
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