Stéphany Onfray

Professional experience

Head of the Administration and Communication Department of BCVLex Madrid since 2014.

Doctor in Art History – Researcher in History of Photography.

Freelance Documentalist.

Freelance academic translator and court interpreter.

Freelance photographer (portraits and events).

Languages

Stéphany is fluent in French, Spanish and English.

Academic activity

Stéphany divides her time between his legal and administrative activity at BCVLex and her academic career, linked to Art History and the History of Photography.

She is particularly interested in the relationship that women have had with the photographic image, analyzing the strategies they have used to transform an ideological and political medium into an expressive and personal window.

Since 2015, she has been the author of various scientific publications. She has also participated as a lecturer in numerous national and international congresses.

Finally, she has collaborated with various Spanish cultural institutions (Foundation of the Friends of the Prado Museum; National Library of Spain National de España; Clothing Museum; Musée National des Arts Décoratifs).

Recent Publications

• Mujeres ante la cámara. Fotografía y Género en el siglo XIX español. Madrid: Ediciones Cátedra (Planned for 2025).

Previous publications available at the following link.

Formation

• Ph.D. in Art History by the Complutense University of Madrid.
• Research Master’s Degree in Spanish Art History from the Complutense University of Madrid.
• Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Archaeology from the University of Rennes II (France).

Motto

“Vive y déjà vivir” (“Live, and let live”).