App - Œil pour Œil

An app for exploring the photographic image.

The result of a close collaboration between the Rencontres d’Arles, the Institut pour la photographie des Hauts-de-France, and Orbe, a collective bringing together artists, game designers, and scientists to explore digital experiments involving the body, Œil pour Œil  is an app designed to introduce children to reading and the art of photography, co-created with photographers who use a playful approach to share their creative process, their perspective, and how they conceive and compose their images.

In the first two chapters of this resource, Charlotte Abramow and Matthieu Gafsou—two photographers with very different approaches and practices—help users explore their photographic work and guide them, step by step, through their shooting process. A third chapter featuring Jean-Louis Schoellkopf will be available in September 2026.

↘︎  A Medley , dedicated to exploring the world of photographers: When and how were the photographs taken? In what context? What purpose(s) do the images serve? 
Participants can listen at their own pace as the authors describe their creative process, allowing them to gradually identify an image that seems to correspond to the story in question.

↘︎ The protocol , dedicated to hands-on practice, guided by the photographer's approach. 
Each protocol is based on audio and written instructions that encourage participants to observe, be creative, use their intuition, and think critically. At the end of the protocol, participants are invited to take photographs. 
Matthieu Gafsou’s project can be carried out individually, while Charlotte Abramow’s is a collaborative effort between a model and a photographer. Matthieu Gafsou invites viewers to engage in a sensitive, dynamic exploration of the environment. Charlotte Abramow, on the other hand, offers an introduction to photographic staging through a variation on the Chinese portrait.

The app also includes a photographic glossary that covers the essential terms needed to better understand the medium.

Download the app Œil pour Œil

↘︎ free app available for download on the Play Store and App Store

↘︎ starting at age 8

↘︎ for use alone or with others