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Heroïnes, by Bettina Rheims

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Pop culture is full of colourful characters. Female figures are no exception in all the most famous works.

This book is a catalogue of Bettina Rheims' exhibition at the Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont in Paris (17 March to 11 May 2006), featuring her latest series of portraits of women treated as sculptures. Over 70 portraits of female heroes are brought together here, exploring every medium from film to comics, not forgetting literature, video games and TV series. Wonder Woman, Lara Croft, Hermione Granger, Emma Peel and many others have been analysed and deciphered by an all-female pool of authors and illustrators.

Robot, princess, warrior or serial killer, the heroine is polymorphous. She shines for her charisma, her story, her talents, sometimes for her beauty. She's no longer a figurehead: she's now a character in her own right, conveying a powerful message, an icon of girl power and female emancipation.