Musée de la Photographie

Fresh out of the photography department of La Cambre, Camille Peyre might in fact never have set foot there. Originally from the Jura region, he obtained his baccalaureate from a hotel management school before he began to work in the luxury hotel industry. This took him to several countries and a number of prestigious establishments, but he soon realized the limitations of the industry. He then began to dream of something else.

With a keen interest in economics and finance and in their impact on our lives, Camille Peyre sees the work uniform as a symbolic object marking differences in class and power. ‘The uniform is a regulated and contractual item of clothing, it unites the team, it is a work tool and a means of efficiency that influences staff productivity. The uniform muzzles individuality, causes weariness and is a profound marker of social class in the work hierarchy.’ Rather than turn his lens on workers, he chose to make a series of digital self-portraits in collaboration for the technical realization with Salomé Felgenhauer.