Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, she worked for three years with the
Union latine, an intergovernmental organization. In this context, she had the opportunity to give a lecture at the
E.N.A. on Futurism, one of whose central themes is simultaneous perception. Her interest in the theme of the relationship between humans and the "places they inhabit" was already emerging.
After an initial encounter with photography (Presence/Absence on the relationship between man and the city in 1994), the image truly exited her life until 2007.
« Responding to a call for tenders from Immobilière 3F for a report on the memory of a place destined to disappear (the blocks of the Ile Marante suburb in Paris), and thanks to the series 'Stanze' created in parallel with the documentary work, the importance of using photography became a necessity for me. » Finalist of the
HSBC Prize (2010), Winner of the Roger Thérond Documentary Image Prize (Sète, 2011), Heart's Choice of the Talent Grant (2011), Eurazeo Heart's Choice (2012).
Since then, she has undertaken various artist residencies, and photography, as well as recorded sound material, have become an integral part of her life and research. The intention is stable: the confrontation of an intimate part with a universally felt universe.
« I have since given equal importance to documentary work and questioning the use of photography, the role of the photographer, and their own form of engagement in society. It is this questioning that led me a few years ago to take two parallel paths both related to photographic imagery. Artistic and documentary work on one side, and on the other, the design of photographic 'devices' (or living installations) for the use of 'participative' photography where the individual and the collective intertwine. » (Louis Mourier Hospital in Colombes; Fossés Jean Socio-Cultural Center in Colombes; Rencontres d’Arles 2015 for Leica Camera; Rencontres d’Arles 2016; Bretonneaux Hospital in Paris; Jean Vilar College in La Courneuve; Collaboration with Musa Decima in the business sector; Fictions Documentaires Festival 2018 in Carcassonne; Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy...)
« Autophotography, (term created by one of my students during the awarding of the Daac Prize at the Jeu de Paume) was born following a long-term workshop in 2012 with young people in the process of dropping out of school at Jean Vilar College in La Courneuve. It was on this occasion that I conceived the 'Boîte' device, a kind of mobile and modular studio. It was also during this experiment that I felt the need to 'disappear,' in a certain sense, my own gaze in favor of a less intentional capture leaving room for chance and the other. »
Photography always raises a question: whether it has the purpose of providing a poetic vision or a critical perspective, whether it touches the intimate or the social.
prizes
2021
Bourse du Cnap pour la photographie documentaire pour «Histoire d’une transplantation» (en cours)
2012
Prix de la DAAC au Jeu de Paume pour « Passages » (réalisé avec des élèves en situation de déscolarisation de la Courneuve)
2012
Coup de cœur « Eurazeo » 2012
2011
Coup de cœur « La bourse du talent »
2011
Prix Roger Thérond (Offsète Images singulières)
2010
Finaliste du Prix HSBC 2010
exhibitions and presentations
2023
Naître de partout, avec Maud Thiria, poète film en images fixes, montage Aitor Ibáñez, Maison de la Poésie, Paris, mai 2023;
Naître de partout, pour les Mondes Nouveaux, Ministère de la Culture, avec Maud Thiria, poète, exposition installation, production Vivanto, Manoir du Tourp, Normandie, février 2023;
2018
Il me souvient (résidence art santé publication et exposition) Paris;
Festival Fictions Documentaires Carcassonne;
2015
Evénement
La boîte pour Leica Rencontres d'Arles;
Nous sommes tous des paysages, Colombes;
L'héritage (avec Francesca Lattuada) musée d'histoire de Colombes;
2014
Cité de l’Architecture « Photographie en action » Paris;
Colloque international COFAM "Je suis mère et je travaille" La Rochelle;
Collective La(b) galerie Artyfact - Espace(s) Paris;
Collective Hans Lucas Espace Beaurepaire Paris;
2013
Fotofever avec la galerie Tagomago Paris;
Projection à Verdecoprente Festival Italia;
Galerie Jean Paul Knott -
collective sur le cancer du sein par l'Association Skin Bruxelles;
Expo collective "SKIN SPIRIT" au Parlement Européen / Bruxelles;
2012
Paris Off – la Bellevilloise – galerie Tagomago Paris;
Projection Butographies Montpellier;
2011
Cadavres Exquis – Paris Berlin – Arles;
Cadavres Exquis – Paris Berlin – galerie Vincenz Sala Paris;
2010
Personnelle
« Stanze » dans le cadre du Festival Offsète Images Singulières Sète;
« HORS LES MURS » organisé par Fetart Colombes;