Eaux-fortes

Camille, a fisherwoman, conjures up the curse of the women who come aboard at every tide. She confronts the elements and follows in the footsteps of those free and independent women who freed themselves from ancestral believes.

It is 3 o'clock in the small port of Ploubazlanec in french Brittany

The darkness barely outlines the silhouettes of the boats, making them almost invisible.

However, a flat boat splits the black waters of the still calm sea.

On board, Camille joins the VAFIAN, moored a little further on.

The boat on which she has been fishing for four years.

Camille thus digs the furrow of these strong and determined women who, every day, ward off the curse of those who come on board.

Conjured up through the figures of the prows, which are supposed to protect the crew from bad luck and thus symbolise the soul of the ship, the female gender was nevertheless forbidden to embark.

Women have long had a reputation for bringing bad luck on ships and were blamed for all their ills.

"As treacherous as the sea is, women are even more so".

"The sea is as unpredictable as women",

"women on board, devil in the ballast"

"two evils without remedy, the wind and women".

Even if today customs and beliefs have evolved, few women embark for a fishing season...

Camille didn't have sea leg, but she hung in there.

The call of the ocean overcame her seasickness.

Today, she can't imagine doing anything else and she faces each tide with the contrary winds.