Fashion photography has long played a central role in shaping representations of women and femininity. But what becomes of these images when they leave their original context to enter museum collections, publications, or new artistic practices? How does their meaning evolve, and what influence do they continue to exert on the images produced today?
By bringing together the history of fashion imagery and archival theory, the discussion will place the representation of female subjectivity at the heart of the reflection. It will examine the visual narratives that are preserved, those that are called into question, and the ways in which they are reinterpreted and put back into circulation.
The round table will approach the archive not as a simple place of conservation, but as an active space of interpretation and creation.