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Photoforum Pasquart is proud to present Laura Paloma and Aline Bovard Rudaz as our selected FUTURES talents for 2025. These artists challenge photographic conventions—one by reconstructing histories, the other by deconstructing the image itself. While their approaches differ in form and aesthetic, both expand the boundaries of the medium through research-driven and process-based practices. Engaging with archives, text, and material experimentation, they explore new ways of storytelling within contemporary photography.
Laura Paloma: Expanding Photography Beyond the Image
Laura Paloma challenges the conventions of photography, embracing a post-photographic, mixed-media approach where text, low-tech visuals, and conceptual depth intertwine. Her work operates at the intersection of photography, writing, and installation, constructing intricate narratives that question perception and image-making itself. Paloma’s unique practice resists categorization, revealing a deep engagement with materiality, language, and the politics of representation. By pushing the medium to its conceptual limits, she redefines what photography can be in the digital and post-digital era.
Aline Bovard Rudaz: Reconstructing Histories Through Images
In contrast, Aline Bovard’s work is deeply rooted in research and archival material, offering a layered investigation into forgotten histories. Her project “Cherche RADIUMINEUSE” exemplifies her method—combining photography, found images, and scientific records to reconstruct narratives from the past. Bovard’s meticulous process of gathering and reinterpreting visual evidence creates a bridge between historical events and contemporary concerns. Her practice demonstrates how photography, when interwoven with historical inquiry, can serve as both a tool for storytelling and a means of re-examining cultural memory.
Why These Artists? Both Laura Paloma and Aline Bovard Rudaz challenge traditional photographic practices by integrating research, text, and alternative visual strategies. Their work expands the dialogue on contemporary photography, demonstrating how the medium can be both an artistic and intellectual tool. Through vastly different approaches, they offer fresh perspectives on storytelling, memory, and visual culture.
Aline Bovard Rudaz is a Swiss photographer based in Geneva. She studied photography at the CEPV (Centre d’enseignement professionnel de Vevey). Through her artistic practice, she sees images as witnesses capable of conveying the concerns of her generation. For her, photography is a sensitive means of tackling the social, intimate and taboo issues of our society. She is particularly interested in forgotten histories, especially those relating to women's lives.
