Vagina: Celine Pierron
The photographer, filmmaker and researcher responds to the vagina in a film which articulates their take on Black feminine power, exploring the feminine creole experience and the complexity between Caribbean sexuality being both hyper-visual and obscured.
The photographer, filmmaker and researcher responds to the vagina in a film which articulates their take on Black feminine power, exploring the feminine creole experience and the complexity between Caribbean sexuality being both hyper-visual and obscured.
- How would you describe what you do?
Celine Pierron: I am a photographer, filmmaker, and researcher.
- What's your background?
CP: I have a rich heritage - a blend of Caribbean, African and European roots. My ancestry is a melange of mainly Martiniquan, Indian, British, Polish, and more.
- What inspires you?
CP: I am inspired by a range of creatives that changed and are changing the narrative, from film directors, fashion designers, activists, such as; Donald Glover, Virgil Abloh, Frank Ocean, Nina Simone, Jeremy O. Harris, Paulette Nardal, Nexcyia. Along with travel, exploring new cultures, spaces, art, and film.
- What is the ambition behind your practice?
CP: Wasting my life to fear is a huge motivator for me. Fear of staying on the surface pushes me deeper to create and understand myself, the world around me and my place in it. Documenting the reality of the everyday allows me to reflect, connect and confront the misconstrued images being portrayed.
What did you hope to convey with your Bodies Of Knowledge film?
CP: With my piece I am looking to articulate being female, to affirm the Black feminine power, and explore the feminine creole experience. Through a visual representation of Black bodies, I hope to display the complexity between Caribbean sexuality being both hypervisual and obscured.
