Please introduce yourself
I was born in Paris. I lived in the surburb of Paris, in a small town, Mitry Mory untill I was 18. I went to Toulouse, in the south of France for my studies and I’ll come back to Paris by the end of the year.
How did you get interested in photography?
I always loved arts in any forms. And so for I didn’t know wich one I prefered. I went to a summer camp when I was 16 with a digital camera. I always brought cameras during my summer camp but only analog. I didn’t get so many friends that summer. I was often alone and was abble to make a lot a photos. That’s when I descovered I liked photography. Then, I went home, took a lot af photographs but it was fshionnable to take pictures and a friend of mine and my sister loved photography. I felt like I couldn’t say that I loved it too. One time a friend came home for dinner. I had a fight with my father and my friend and I went out to discuss. She told me : « If you love to take pictures just do it. » It was like a revelation.
Do you have an artistic/photographic background?
I have a two years degree in photography and bachelor in arts. I’m currently in my forth year of arts studies.
Which artist/photographer inspired your art?
There are so many. The first one is Jane Evelyn Aywood. I like Franscesca Woodman, Sally Mann, Bill Henson’s works. Annette Messager, Boltansky, Richter or Henry Moor are inspiring and so many others.
How do you find the models to work on your projects?
I always start by taking selfportraits. Then, I often work with friends and eventually I find models who saw my work on facebook and ask to pose for me or on models facebook groups.
Could you please tell us something about your technique and creating process?
For this serie I used digital camera (D300). I took pictures at the models homes using the pilot lamp of my studio flash. I turned the images in black and white and created this special green coloration. I couldn’t use films to make this serie because it was for school and I didn’t have enough time to developp and chose the pictures but I prefer analog to digital photography. My favorite paper is the analog paper Barythé and otherwise I often prefer mat papers. I’m not really fond of post-process so I only improved colors and contrast on my pictures. My boyfriend is also a photographer and he almost allways help me with this part.
What do you do in your life besides photography?
As I said I’m still a student even though I am already working as a photographer. Right now photography is taking almost all my time because I am a young photographer and I have so many things to do to be abble to live with my art. I love to write and I just started to add text on my pictures. I read a lot and I love to go to the movies. And when I’m with my friends we love to play parlour games or go to the bars.
What future plans do you have? What projects would you like to accomplish?
For now I mostly trying to get my work published and to won contest or price like the Art School Price I won last year. In the same time I am taking fashion photographs with my boyfriend and it takes us a lot of time between the photo shots, the communication and the emails to get published.
For the art part I am taking selfportraits about feminism and choices as a woman. I keep working on blur.