Léa Miranda

Léa Miranda is a researcher and art historian. Her research focuses on the relationship between photography and intellectual property law, working in particular on the management and valorization of photographic archives. Commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture, she wrote the vademecum Donations and legacies: What to do with photographic archives in France?, published in December 2023. She is also the guest author of the 5th edition of the book +Photographie – Les acquisitions des collections publiques, to be published in June 2024. Her career spans research, collection studies, exhibitions and the art market, in France and the United States.

Her project at Villa Medici

In January 2024, Léa Miranda will be in residence to study Hervé Guibert’s time at Villa Medici. This project is part of a research project initiated at the National Institute of Blind Youth, where Guibert volunteered in 1983-1984. Miranda is interested in the question of vision, traces and testimonies, looking back at important places in Guibert’s life and work, and their archives. From Duroc to Villa Medici, from Des Aveugles to L’Incognito, this research focuses on the satellite objets of his works, testimonials and archives, bringing new elements to the understanding of key concepts, from disability to sexuality, from vision to blindness.

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