Michelle is a French photographer based in London where she has been working within the fashion industry as for the past 10 years.
Her work focuses on portraiture with assignments ranging from commercial contracts to fashion editorials, backstage photography to private commissions. Her style of photography favours the candid over the contrived and her work has been personally selected and critiqued by Nick Knight which he has described as modern and courageous with a beautiful sensitivity to light.
Her work evokes conversations and questions about themes of human connection, perception and identity either as a reflective exercise or a commentary on topical socio-political debates. She is interested in the exploration of societal stereotypes, cultural precepts and how those inform our perception of ourselves and the Other.
Education
BA (hons) Photographic Studies, University of Derby
MA Fashion Photography, London College of Fashion
Exhibitions
Mana Comtemporary | Transatlantico | 18 October 2020 - 17 April 2021
YKK Showroom | Extra/Ordinary Rituals | 23 July – 10 September 2018
IPF: Independent Photography Festival 2017 | May 2017, House of Vans, London
Uncertain States Annual 2015 | 5 – 25 November 2015, Mile End Pavillion
The photocopy club | 12 – 14 April 2014, Urban Spree, Berlin
Playtime Paris 2014 | Portraits Opalescents, 25 - 27 January 2014, Parc Floral De Vincennes, Paris
Hipstamatics, An Exhibition for Hipstamatics | 13 - 31 January 2011, Orange Dot Gallery, London
Awards/Residencies
The Independent Photographer Portrait Photo Award (Finalist)
Procter & Gamble Better Lives Postgraduate Awards | 2018
Palazzo Monti Artist Residency | 2018