Léa Miranda

PhD Student

Léa Miranda is a PhD student in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Art PhD program. She is interested in intersections between the history of photography and legal matters of intellectual property and governance. Her research focuses on photographic archives, seeing them as intricate compositions influenced by political, social, and legal structures. 

She has significant experience as an independent researcher for the French Ministry of Culture, where she authored a report on acquiring and managing photographic archives in public institutions. In 2024, she was admitted as a resident of the Villa Medici-French Academy in Rome. Léa Miranda received a M.A. summa cum laude in Art History (Photography) and Law from the Sorbonne University.

Projects
Research residency on Hervé Guibert's archives and the notion of vision. This residency is an extension of a research project Léa Miranda initiated at the National Institute of Blind Youth.
© Hervé Guibert