Liberté, Là presents the early nude self-portraits serie of Sophie Muret, shot for most of them in 2019 and 2020 in black & white, including few other images in color illustrating Her spirit at a time , some Poetry and a text by Robert Pujade.

On the Journey toward oneself : With an enigmatic title, the book of Sophie Muret reorganizes a mental view into a spatial one, a pure idea into a tangible object.
A new field opens up for meditation on the state of Freedom. Then we rediscover this field open to Photography - through a serie of images - as we had never practiced it , either in contemplation or creation.
It is the imperative necessity for expression, that leads to a mode of communication that is not inherently our own. Here, everyday language does not appear adapted enough anymore, to answer the question “Who am I?”. To say “I”, with photography, is a way to the knowledge of oneself.
All the images that Sophie Muret takes of herself, in the intimate space of her bedroom, are taken in front of a mirror. The first step on the path towards self-knowledge therefore starts with the challenge of a mirror. Daring to know yourself, starts with attempting to see yourself seeing.
Sophie Muret wanted to look at herself truthfully, without any barriers, no decor or curated appearance. Nudity is the initial point of her quest. It is used as an initiatory process. She could have adopted Montaigne's address to the reader in his Essays: « I
want to be seen here in my simple, natural, ordinary fashion, without straining or artifice; for it is myself that I portray. » Robert Pujade
 
96 pages, 22x26cm