From October 30 to November 29, 2025, Guadeloupe will become the crossroads of visual gazes and narratives for the 2แต edition of the Fototras Festival, brought to you by the associations FOTOLIB and Diaspo’ART.
A whole month to celebrate auteur-rice photography through exhibitions, conferences, screenings, workshops, portfolio readings and partner events, in a spirit of sharing, creation and emotion.
A collective adventure born of two Caribbean passions
In a context where artistic photography is still little appreciated in the archipelago, the Diaspo’ART and FOTOLIB associations have joined forces to offer Guadeloupe an unprecedented space for expression and transmission.
After the success of the first edition in 2024, this new event aims to go even further: to stimulate photographic creation, promote the diversity of visual writing and open up a dialogue between artists, audiences and professionals from all over the Caribbean and beyond.
Through Fototras, Guadeloupe asserts its role as a land of art and thought, where images become a common language.
MORFOZE: the theme of a world in transformation
Inspired by Patrick Chamoiseau’s quote – “It’s not in transparency that we discover the world, but in thickness”, the theme of this year’s event is MORFOZE, a profound reflection on contemporary metamorphoses.
The festival invites us to observe the world not on its surface, but in its layers, tensions and silences.
Conflicts, climatic upheavals, social or digital mutations: Fototras explores the visible and invisible tremors that are reshaping our times.
Each work becomes a fragment of this grand collective narrative, a sensitive testimony to the transformations at work in our societies.
Three exhibitions, three spaces, three worlds
Galerie L’Art s’en mรชle – Le Gosier
Themes : “Symbolism and “Lines of Tension – Opening: Friday, October 31, 6-9pm – Dates: October 31 โ November 22.
Photographers (14): Christian MOORMAN (Guyana), Joffrey CHOUELA (France), Marie-Julie GASCON (Rรฉunion), Romane ISKARIA (France), Rรฉginald LOUISSAINT JUNIOR (Haiti), Allan ARMA (Guadeloupe), Jordan BEAL (Martinique), Maรซva BENAรCHE (France), Carla BERNHARDT (Guadeloupe), Nicolas DERNร (Martinique), Fiona FORTE (France), Kรฉvin KARAMBI (RDC), Luma KOKLOVA (France), Nathalie RUFFIN (Guadeloupe/Martinique).
Address: Route de la Riviรฉra, Le Gosier – Opening hours: Tueโ Fri 3pm-7pm, Sat 11am-7pm – Free admission.
Espace culturel et multimรฉdia de la Lรฉzarde – Petit-Bourg
Theme: “Poetic details” – Vernissage / Rencontre Didiko: Saturday November 8, 8:30am-12:30pm – Dates: November 5 โ 18.
Photographers (5): Raรฏssa BIBRAC (France/Guadeloupe), Verenne CIPOLLINI (Guadeloupe), Bastien DELAG (Guadeloupe), Karin VASSEUR FELLINGER (Guadeloupe/France), Gรฉrome GENDREY (Guadeloupe).
Address: 1871 Chemin Hauteur Lรฉzarde, Petit-Bourg – Opening hours: Tue/Wed/Fri 8:30am-12:30pm & 2pm-5pm, Thu 2pm-5pm, Sat 8:30am-12:30pm – Free admission.
Pavillon de la Ville (1st floor) – Pointe-ร -Pitre
Theme: “Making People” – Opening: Thursday November 13, 5pm-8pm – Dates: November 13 โ 28
Photographers (7): Lara BALAIS (France), Blaise DJILO (Cameroon), Brandon GERCARA (Rรฉunion), Soraya KERCHAOUI MATIGNON (France), Ronan LEVOYER (USA/South Korea), Adeline RAPON (Martinique), Loys REGENT (Guadeloupe).
Address: Place de la Victoire, Pointe-ร -Pitre – Opening hours: Monโven 9am-5pm – Free admission.
The 2025 edition of Fototras includes 3 group exhibitions, 27 photographers from ten territories, widescreen projections, conferences, workshops and school events. New features include the Manzรฉ Dรฉdรฉ residency, professional portfolio readings, a Photo Safari workshop, and stronger links with the Month of Photography.
Professional meetings - Musarth (Musรฉe dรฉpartemental d'Art et d'Histoire) - Free admission
- ๐๏ธ Thursday October 30 – 6pm: Olenka Carrasco (photographer, author, publisher, visual arts researcher).
- ๐๏ธJeudi November 6: Tony Coco-Viloin (director, director of EPICES) – Rapport ร l’image cinรฉ/historique + 1สณแต Biennale de photographie MACTe.
- ๐๏ธ Thursday November 20: Ingrid Dumirier + David Laporal – Documentation, conservation and archives.
- ๐๏ธ Thursday November 27: MORF(OZ)E – Psychological, historical and sociological reading of the concept note (with Jean-Claude Periama + artists).
The Fototras conferences give voice to experts and researchers who question the image as memory and mirror of our societies.
Screenings - Big screen - Free admission
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Friday, November 7 – Lamรฉca (Mรฉdiathรจque Caraรฏbe, Basse-Terre)
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Friday, November 21 – Universitรฉ des Antilles, Pรดle de Fouillole
- ๐ Friday, November 28 – Universitรฉ des Antilles, Pรดle de Fouillole
Portfolio readings, workshops and mediation
Portfolio readings for professional or aspiring photographers are offered at affordable rates (โฌ50, or packs of โฌ120/150), with two sessions per week.
School workshops will run from October 18 to November 2, and workshops for the general public (November 9 and 22, 9am-12pm) will be held at Galerie L’Art s’en mรชle.
Every Saturday, exhibition tours will guide visitors to the heart of the works.
By placing mediation at its core, Fototras makes pedagogy a genuine lever for artistic inclusion.
Partner events
- – FOCUS Manzรจ Dรฉdรฉ – Sainte-Anne – Restitution of Betty Melon’s residency (in partnership with FOTOLIB)
- – EXPO Clara et Brigitte – Sainte-Anne, November 15 at 5:30 p.m.
- – EXPO Anaรฏs – November 7 to 17, Baie-Mahault (Les Bonnifieurs)
- – Fonds d’art” screening – November 14 at 6:30pm, Habitation Beausoleil, Saint-Claude
- – Screening of Cรฉdrick-Isham’s film Calvados – November 10, 7pm, Petit-Bourg Town Hall
- – Photo safari – November 11, Le Gosier, with Gรฉrard Poirier, all day
These events continue the spirit of Fototras, linking contemporary creation, heritage and human encounters.e.
Institutional partnerships & team
Partners: DAC Guadeloupe, Dรฉpartement de la Guadeloupe, Ville de Petit-Bourg, Ville de Pointe-ร -Pitre, Musarth, Mรฉdiathรจque Caraรฏbe Bettino Lara (Lamรฉca), Universitรฉ des Antilles, Galerie L’Art s’en mรชle.
Team: Cรฉdrick-Isham Calvados, Valรฉrie Lana Mayoute, Fanny Chรฉrubin, รmilie Salaรผn, Wina Sรฉdรฉcias.
Through their collective commitment, they are shaping a Fototras that links Guadeloupe to the vast Caribbean archipelago of creation.
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October 30 โ November 29, 2025
๐ Le Gosier – Petit-Bourg – Pointe-ร -Pitre – Basse-Terre
๐ง Contact: fo**************************@***il.com
๐ฑ Instagram: @fototras.festival
๐ฅ Coordination: Cรฉdrick-Isham Calvados & Valรฉrie Lana Mayoute
