Conceptual nominee

In French, to look at someone with fried whiting eyes originally referred to enamoured eyes. The meaning of the expression has evolved, so that it conveys bafflement or lack of understanding nowadays.
This semantic shift compelled me to challenge the meaning of this idiom, weaving instead a narrative of literal and personal interpretation.
Through a self-portrait that makes use of a perfectly valid reading of these words and blurrs the notions of animated/unanimated subjects, I aim to put in perspective the very subjectivity of our everyday language.

French photographer based in Brittany, I love to play with words and colours.

I'm currently working on a series focused on idiomatic expressions: the Literally series aims at questionning the language and its subjectivity, and by extent our relation to others and to reality.
It draws on the photographic language and the universal nature of images to give new meanings to these old idioms in order to make them tell a different story.
In colourful, multi-layered compositions, I tackle various relevant modern topics and let ultimately the viewer come up with its own interpretation.

• Tokyo International Photo Awards 2023: Bronze in Fine Art/Other category
• 9th Fine Art Photo Awards: 2nd place in the Photomanupulation/Amateur category
• 9th Fine Art Photo Awards 2022: 1st place in the Photomanupulation/Amateur category; Nomination in Amateur/Conceptual category
• ND Awards 2021: Honorable Mention
• Chromatic Photo Awards 2021: 2nd place in the Photomanupulation/Amateur category
• Lens Culture HOME ’21: Editor’s pick