Young Photographers’ Award
2026
Those present
With Les Présents, Flore Prébay focuses on those who devote part of themselves to supporting a loved one on a daily basis: carers. Whether they are partners, mothers, friends or children, the series shines a light on these quiet figures who offer support and continue to love, whether through resilience or exhaustion, tenderness or resignation.
Through a simple question — “If you had a moment all to yourself, what would your innermost dream be?” — the photographer captures their intimate “breaths” and transforms these stories into photographic and visual artworks. The series takes shape on handmade paper produced especially for the project with her uncle, and is then enhanced with pictorial interventions.
A French photographer born in 1998 in Nogent-sur-Marne, Emeline Sauser lives and works in Paris. Having studied history in Lyon and Santiago de Chile, and subsequently documentary photography at the Ecole des métiers de l’information in Paris, she uses photography to explore the connections between individuals, the need for comfort, and the search for refuge. Her work is characterised by a sensitive, intimate and documentary approach to human relationships. The recipient of several awards, she has notably been awarded the Prix de l’Intime at the Rencontres Photographiques de Boulogne-Billancourt and the Prix Mentors in 2025. She has exhibited at the Signatures gallery, the Rencontres du 10e (Paris), and the Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay (Quebec).