Viviane Dalles photographer followed the lives of teenage mothers in the North of France to understand the lives of these young people that the French population stigmatize and stereotype. Her report is currently on display at the photojournalism festival Visa pour l'image in Perpignan.
They have 14, 15 or 17 years and become mothers at an age when others graduate from middle scool, or hight school and just begin to dream of their adult lives. Teenage mothers are intriguing. So the society prefer usually relegated them to a sort of disturbed social class rather than trying to grasp the complexity of their situation. That is why the photographer Viviane Dalles decided to get to know these silent mothers. With 8000€ that she achieved by winning the Canon Female Photojournalist prices supported by ELLE magazine, she became the witness of their daily life for almost a year. In 2014, 5,000 teenage mothers were recorded in France. It is in the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, which has the largest number of teenage mothers, the photographer went to meet her subjects of study. Her report "Beein a teen mom "" is currently exposed at the international photojournalism festival Visa pour l'Image. …show more content…
It is in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region which is considered the greatest number. Some cities like Fourmies Thiérache, near the Belgian border, received the nickname "city stroller." In this region where the economy is a disaster, high unemployment, and where it is difficult for young people to look to the future, having a child becomes a life plan for these early mothers. According to the words of Ms Dalles, those young mother are rare and not "normal" for french society, "they all felt misunderstood and stereotyped", that is why it took her a couple of month before getting the permissions from all of those young
They have 14, 15 or 17 years and become mothers at an age when others graduate from middle scool, or hight school and just begin to dream of their adult lives. Teenage mothers are intriguing. So the society prefer usually relegated them to a sort of disturbed social class rather than trying to grasp the complexity of their situation. That is why the photographer Viviane Dalles decided to get to know these silent mothers. With 8000€ that she achieved by winning the Canon Female Photojournalist prices supported by ELLE magazine, she became the witness of their daily life for almost a year. In 2014, 5,000 teenage mothers were recorded in France. It is in the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, which has the largest number of teenage mothers, the photographer went to meet her subjects of study. Her report "Beein a teen mom "" is currently exposed at the international photojournalism festival Visa pour l'Image. …show more content…
It is in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region which is considered the greatest number. Some cities like Fourmies Thiérache, near the Belgian border, received the nickname "city stroller." In this region where the economy is a disaster, high unemployment, and where it is difficult for young people to look to the future, having a child becomes a life plan for these early mothers. According to the words of Ms Dalles, those young mother are rare and not "normal" for french society, "they all felt misunderstood and stereotyped", that is why it took her a couple of month before getting the permissions from all of those young