Mont Orgeuil

The images above display a range of solo photos as well as montages, each chosen for how they display the castle as a prison during the time of witches. The double exposure montages communicate that the masked figure is the prisoner and the misery expressed by the actor after being held in the castle dungeons on merely water and bread for months, awaiting his trial and indefinite execution.

Typology

Royal Square (Market Place)

The royal square was the site of all witch executions. The images I have chosen to print and display are all monochrome except for one. The singular colourised image communicates the joy felt amongst the community as they watched witches being burnt but also displays the freedom of the executed’s spirit as it is ‘freed’ from oppression. The monochrome images resemble the darkness and severity of the actions of the towns people and Cour de Cattel, those who accused and murdered many innocents out of fear.

Faldouet Dolmen

These Images detail the rituals conducted by witches at the dolmen and display some of their techniques and curses that they bestowed onto people. The images of the bibles and crosses with an upside-down shadow cross communicate the failed exorcisms of the site and seem like an important part the dolmens witchy story.