🎀 Pink October 🎀
Estée Lauder Pink Ribbon Photo Award – Finalist & Committed Photo Project
I’m so happy to share some wonderful news with you — my portrait of Véronique has been selected as a finalist for the Estée Lauder Pink Ribbon Photo Award ✨🎀
This contest is much more than a photography competition.
It’s a powerful initiative that sheds light on emotional life stories — on women and men who face breast cancer with incredible strength and dignity.
Photographing Intimacy: A Challenge and a Responsibility
Creating such intimate portraits is never easy.
It’s a delicate exercise that requires listening, empathy, and deep respect.
Every gesture matters. Every word carries weight.
The ESTIM training, guided by Priscilla Gissot and Clélia Guilbot, helped me a lot in approaching these very special sessions.
It allowed me to refine my approach, find the right posture, and offer, above all, a safe and gentle space for each person I photograph.
These sessions are not just about taking pictures.
They are about reconnection — to oneself, to one’s body, image, and story.
The ESTIM experience is above all an inner transformation,
a unique moment to regain self-esteem, to make peace with one’s reflection, and to feel beautiful and alive again.
👉 A new article about this will be coming soon!
I’m proud to be among the 40 finalists of the Estée Lauder Pink Ribbon Award.
To continue raising awareness about breast cancer through my work, I need your support, every vote counts!
👉 🙏 Thank you for your vote and your support!
You can recognize our photo and vote by clicking on this link 🙏
Photographing Intimacy: A Challenge and a Responsibility
Photographing Intimacy: A Challenge and a Responsibility
Creating such intimate portraits is never easy.
It’s a delicate process that requires attentive listening, respect, and kindness.
Every gesture matters. Every word carries meaning.
The Estim, led by Priscilla Gissot et Clélia Guilbot,
helped me deeply in approaching these unique sessions.
It allowed me to refine my approach, to find the right balance, the right posture — and above all, to offer a space of trust and gentleness.
These sessions are not just about photography.
They are a journey back to oneself — a pause to reconnect with one’s body, image, and personal story.
The ESTIM experience is, above all, an inner transformation.
A unique moment to rediscover self-esteem, to make peace with one’s reflection, and to feel beautiful and confident again.
👉 A new article about this will be coming soon!
Every year, I offer a photo session to a woman affected by breast cancer.
A moment just for her.
A breath of fresh air amid the whirlwind of treatments, fatigue, and fear.
In front of the camera, it’s not about posing.
It’s about allowing oneself to simply be present, just as she is —
with or without hair, with visible or invisible scars.
These portraits are a way to see oneself differently,
to bring back softness where there has been so much pain,
to feel beautiful again — despite everything.
It’s also a path toward regaining confidence,
and keeping a trace of that incredible strength that lives within them, day after day.
This photograph wouldn’t exist without Véronique, who trusted me with her story, her image, and her intimacy.
After the session, she wrote me these heartfelt words:
“This photo session gave me back my dignity at a time when my femininity was deeply affected.
Isa, through her patience, humor, and kindness, transformed me by bringing beauty into the darkness of my days.”
Beyond the Scarstitre
A Bond of Support and Hope
My heartfelt thanks also go to the other women who have shared their stories with me.
Sophie, Isabelle, Sandrine, and all the others, true warriors in this journey.
Your courage, dignity, and light inspire me every single day.
A special thought goes to those who are sadly no longer with us… 💕
Their memory continues to guide us, reminding us of the importance of this path —
a path of awareness, empathy, and solidarity.
This project is more than photography — it’s about women empowerment,
about reclaiming self-image and celebrating resilience through art.
An immense thank you as well to the partners of this award —
@esteelauderpinkribbonphoto, @polkamagazine, @parisphotofair, @marieclairefr, @pictofr, @pnytecheurope, @fujifilmfrance, @photowebfr, and @lachaineteva —
for supporting this vital cause with such strength, creativity, and conviction,
and for helping raise breast cancer awareness through the power of images.
How You Can Make a Difference 💗
💗 Today, we need your support. You can help this project by voting every day until October 15, it only takes 1 second! It takes a click time !
👉 Closer to the Heart, Teva Public Choice Award
🙏 Thank you so much for your vote and your support!
For those who would like to benefit from the free photo session offered to women affected by breast cancer, you can send me a message directly through my contact page.
Thanks !
