Mains d’œuvre

Véronique ELLENA, Mains d’œuvre
19 September – 19 December 2026, as part of Reseaux LUX’s festivals exhibition
at Maison des arts et de la culture de Créteil, Place Salvador Allende · Créteil (94)
artist present 14 November at 3pm

As part of the 200 LUX exhibition, Photo Days – in collaboration with Le Hangar (Bruxelles)– presents Véronique Ellena’s Mains d’œuvre, a series exploring the world of apprentices, craftspeople, and manual workers. At a vocational training centre in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ellena observes gestures being learned, repeated, and passed on. In workshops that are both functional and alive, tools and objects become part of a process of making, learning, and transformation.
Through luminous, timeless images, the artist reveals the quiet beauty and dignity of manual work, highlighting those whose essential skills and gestures help shape our world.