Biographie
Lucile Cubin and Marie Amelie Tondu both left the Ecole Nationale Superieure de la Photographie, Arles, in 2009. They have always studied together, from junior school through to Arles, but St. Pius X is their first project in common. Their assiduous practice of the portrait in all its forms earned them publication in, notably, Vice Magazine France, Private, Photo Nouvelle, Inframince...In residence at the De Visu workshop, Marseille in 2008 with Antoine d’Agata and Patrick le Bescont, they went on to participate in numerous exhibitions of young European photographers.
Présentation
“St. Pius X is a catholic private school, situated in the town of St. Cloud. We grew up together in this town of the Hauts de Seine department, and were always fascinated by this establishment somewhat apart. The imposing brick building, the nuns in their habits, the priests in their cassocks, the scholars in uniform, appeared to us like so many ornaments, visually far removed from our daily experience. Having received a secular education, we developed a curiosity and a fascination for this community, so opposed to our own lives. The St. Pius X annual fête, open to the public, was an opportunity to share their games and their customs.”