As a documentary photographer, I have always balanced commissioned work with long-term projects. My narrative approach and visual language have evolved over time. However, two guiding principles unite all my projects: a commitment to societal, political, and environmental concerns, and a desire to reveal a beauty that endures, even in the roughness of reality.
During a residency at the Villa Medici, where I explored the architectural legacy of Benito Mussolini, I deeply questioned my approach to image-making. This project marked my transition to post-documentary photography, where the image becomes a space for examining the mechanisms of representation and collective memory, transcending its initial documentary function.
I focus on the traces left by humans, capturing and archiving them. Through this process, I seek to bring order to chaos, revealing the aesthetics of forms and spaces shaped by time. My work is about documenting but also about questioning: how is meaning created? This pursuit allows me to experiment and to build a sensitive body of work, where humans, within their environment—whether natural or industrial—find a place to inhabit the world.
PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
- Entrée, Plat, Dessert Hotel de Fontfreyde, Clermont-Ferrand / 2024
- Entrée, Plat, Dessert French National Library, Paris / 2024
- Latium, the legacy of the Duce Théâtre de la Vignette, Montpellier / 2022
- Latium, the legacy of the Duce Festival MAP, Toulouse / 2021
- Latium, the legacy of the Duce Festival ¡Viva Villa!, Paris / 2016
- Kurdistan Festival Visa pour l’image, Perpignan / 2012
- Kurdistan European Commission, Brussels / 2012
- Romania, they went West Lille 3000 / 2009
- Transdnistria Centre Photographique Pontault-Combault / 2005
- Transdnistria Festival Visa pour l’image, Perpignan / 2003
- New York aftermath Espace Miramar, Cannes / 2002
GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
- Artistic Creation Grant from the Occitanie Region / 2024
- Major Commission from the French National Library / 2022
- Photography Grant from the National Center for Visual Arts / 2021
- Artistic Creation Grant from the Occitanie Region / 2020
- European Journalism Center Health Grant / 2018
- Short-term Creative Residency at the Villa Medici in Rome / 2016
- Photography Grant from the National Center for Visual Arts / 2013
- Photography Grant from the Lagardère Foundation / 2009
CLIENTS
Le Monde, M le magazine du Monde, Geo, The New York Times, National Geographic, D della Repubblica, Financial Times Magazine, Netflix, Universal Pictures, Alstom, British Petroleum, Eramet, Renault, EDF, Enedis, Nespresso...
TEACHING
Les Rencontres d’Arles, National School of Photography, Villa Pérochon, CNRS, ESJ, Academy of Montpellier...