Pauline Makoveitchoux

 

is a feminist activist, photographer and videographer.

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Born in 1986 in Vitry-sur-Seine, she grew up in Ivry-sur-Seine in a working class environment.

She still lives today in the department of Val-de-Marne.

Then graduated with a technological baccalaureate, she held various positions in the medical and catering sectors. It was after surviving seven years of domestic violence that Pauline found photography her means of expression.

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In 2015, she joined the feminist and activist movement FEMEN.

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In 2016, she participated in the creation and development of the feminist collective Insomnia, with which she organized actions aimed primarily at denouncing sexist marketing. At the same time, Pauline participates in the creation and development of the Anti-Sexist Brigade.

On November 25, 2016, she organized and participated in the Insomnia action to femmage victims of feminicide; Pauline herself having been upset by a double feminicide within her family.

Discover this action in pictures

 

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In January 2017, she took her first field photos to document the action of the same collective for the defense of the right to abortion, in response to the poster campaigns set up by the anti-abortion movement “En marche pour pour life”.  The photos taken by Pauline were the subject of the first publications in the press.

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A few months later, exhausted by her activism, police and legal pressure, she withdrew from feminist collectives. Pauline then devoted herself fully to photography. In order to perfect her technique, she took specialized courses in studio photography and photo reportage.

She also refines her artistic approach which leads her to work on a new form of female portraits with the aim of desexualizing the postures and bodies of women.

 

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In 2018, Pauline produced the photographic report Alma de Portugal where she documents the practices and life of traditional Portuguese fishermen in the Algarve region, doomed to disappear in the face of the aggressive methods of industrial fishing.

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In August 2019, she answered the call of her wrestling sister Marguerite Stern to document the movement of collages against feminicides that she initiated.

Pauline's work on the collages is the fruit of a year of documentation and has given rise to multiple publications in the press.

 

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In September 2019, Pauline created a photographic series entitled Women are not afraid. This work of putting women into perspective in the public space aims to denounce the harassment and sexist and sexual assaults they suffer there. The series is accompanied by a manifesto, now translated into 9 languages.

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Women are not afraid was exhibited in November 2019 at Studio Club with Censored Magazine. Pauline also wants to continue her series internationally, so she is looking for funders.

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In October 2019, Pauline deepens her profession as a photographer by offering a postural coach activity.

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In January 2020, she made a new photographic series entitled Sorcières.

In February 2020, she produced the photographic series Les Clameuses, in the heart of a city of Clichy sous bois.

Then, during confinement, she creates and animates virtual exhibitions with live commentary in order to present her work and continue to bring together, virtually, women.

In September of the same year, she photographed the cover of the book  Héroïnes de la rue, by Marguerite Stern.

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In parallel, her photos of the collages are exhibited by the feminist gallery Art Girls.

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On March 08, 2021, on the occasion of the international day of struggle for women's rights, Pauline exhibits her photography series Women are not afraid, in Vitry sur Seine with the support of the municipality.

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In June 2021, Pauline directed her first short film: a 9-minute fiction on the theme of activism and sorority. The film release is scheduled for fall 2021.

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The photographic series Women are not afraid is exhibited in March 2022 at 4 place du Louvre, Paris 1er.