Audrey Tautou signs “Superfacial”, a beautiful book on her personal photographs

It was in the depths of summer 2017 thatAudrey Tautou reveals for the first time his practice of photography. On the occasion of the Rencontres d'Arles, the actress exhibits a series of self-portraits taken on film. She reveals her image, staged and worked with humor to play with celebrity status. A way to invent a new perspective on one of the most adored actresses in the French cinematic landscape.

Audrey Tautou, actress passionate about photography

After starting out in comedy Venus Beautyof Tony Marshallwhich earned her the César for Most Promising Actress in 2000, and the global success of the film Jean-Pierre Jeunet, The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain, Audrey Tautoudaughter of a dental surgeon and a pediatrician, has continued to appear in works where sensitivity and strength intertwine. She thus passed in front of the cameraAnne Fontaine (Coco before Chanel), of Michael Gondry (The Foam of Days), Cedric Klapisch (The Spanish Inn), Ron Howard (Da Vinci Code) or more recently Jacques Yves Cousteau (The Odyssey), among others. At the same time, she takes pleasure in capturing the people around her: fleeting encounters, her loved ones, herself. Compiled over nearly two decades, these facetious prints, intimate moments of life constructed like paintings, poetic and mysterious, are revealed during an exhibition called Superfacial. “Fame weighed on me when it fell on me with Amélie, admitted Audrey Tautou has Vanity Fair in 2022. I need immense freedom. I tried to have the same life as before, while constantly having eyes on me, but it was difficult to manage. […] The self-deprecation that there can be in each of these self-portraits, that’s me.”