What sparked your interest in photography?
My first contact with professional photography was as a model, Observing fashion photographers sculpting with lights fascinated me so I decided to use the medium to tell a different story. I also deeply believe in the power of a single image to provoke an emotion in the viewer even though we are living in an era where we are saturated with images. One image can talk to the heart much more efficiently than a thousand words , it is the one i am looking for.
Which kind of photography interests you the most?
Since i started to produce my own images, i experimented different type of photography: from fashion photography to street photography, i would use digital or film according to the result i am looking for but my favorite playground is conceptual photography. I am in love with the idea of giving life to a concept that i have on in my mind. Creating a physical image that i can share with the world and start a conversation from there. My specific approach is to create a “ living installation” that i would photograph.
What cultural traditions does your work connect with?
Being half European half African, i strongly believe in universality and how our diversity can nourish our humanity. “The prophecy” project i have been working on for the last decade has for main objective to address as much cultural traditions as possible around the world to build bridges between all of us. That is an absolute necessity if we want to confront the biggest challenge ever for humanity in this era of global warming and life extinction: Changing the way we are inhabiting the world for the benefit of all living beings
(Header credits: Fabrice Monteiro, courtesy MAGNIN-A, Paris; The Prophecy)
A World in Common is on view until 25 August 2024.
