Anne‑Lise Broyer, recipient of the 2024 Niépce–Gens d’Images Prize and the first laureate of the Musée de l’Armée’s photographic residency, immersed herself in the richness of the museum’s collections. Her research also led her to significant geographic sites — from the Mont-Valérien clearing to the scarred landscapes of Verdun and places of resistance.
During this time of creation, both in situ and beyond the museum’s walls, she developed Les attaches, a poetic narrative that oscillates between novel and experimentation, weaving together past and present to convey an inner experience of commitment and engagement.
For several years now, Anne‑Lise Broyer has been developing a photographic language that interlaces closely with other art forms, particularly literature. In this project, she offers a deeply intimate and emotional journey through human history as shaped by conflict — where war emerges as both a personal and collective ordeal. Military life leaves its mark even on the most private, hidden parts of the self.
Archives, artworks, keepsakes, drawings, love letters, death notices, and landscapes resonating with the clamour of combat or the silence of sacrifice become, through her lens, “distant witnesses” — elements that constitute history and memory, and which the Musée de l’Armée exists to preserve and transmit.
This exhibition marks the first presentation of the works created during her residency, and is accompanied by the release of the photobook Les attaches, a co-edition by Silvana Editoriale and the Musée de l’Armée, featuring original texts by Yannick Haenel, Colin Lemoine, Pierre Michon, and Lucie Moriceau‑Chastagner, along with a song by Dominique Ané.
Musée de l’Armée — Hôtel national des Invalides
Located within the Hôtel national des Invalides in Paris, the Musée de l’Armée stands out for its multidisciplinary approach, blending history, science and technology, fine arts, and society.
Since 2022, the Museum has supported contemporary photographic creation through an annual international residency open to a wide range of artistic and documentary approaches.
Anne‑Lise Broyer and Guillaume Herbaut (Vu’ agency), laureates of the first two editions, offered unique and personal perspectives on the institution and its missions. In 2025, the Museum will host Chloe Sharrock (Myop agency).