THIS GENTLE MURMUR

This Gentle Murmur  explores experiences of abortion. In a context where this right is increasingly undermined and instrumentalized for political and religious ends, this project adopts a very different pace. It invites the public into a delicate and nuanced aesthetic and reflective space.

The reasons for having an abortion are infinite and deeply personal. Public debate has radicalized to such an extent that it has become difficult to express ambivalent feelings about this complex and multifaceted experience. These tensions also resonate within intimate sphere. In a couple, facing ambiguity and grief, contradictory narratives may emerge, and silences may solidify. Abortion does not concern only women. Many men are affected by the loss or the medical process, even if their bodies bear no trace of it. 

This Gentle Murmur prompts us to contemplate the unseen, emotional and often unspoken dimension of abortion. Through staged images inspired by interviews with people who have gone through this experience, the project seeks to make perceptible what public discourse often struggles to hold: tenderness, uncertainty and the complexity of relationships. 

Each person photographed has shared their story in the course of in-depth conversations. To hear this murmur, one must listen and draw closer, to enter a space where boundaries blur, where silence becomes a language, and where the intimate gently becomes political. With this series, the aim is not to seek answers, but to create a more compassionate, more human understanding of what so often eludes words.