Growing Champagne
(2016-17)
Focusing on Crugny, a small village on the outskirts of Reims, France, “Growing Champagne” questions the notion of landscape development at the intersection of rural architecture, wine industry, intensive farming, and housing estates.
With a centrifugal movement, the photographs follow the undesired resettling of the new country dwellers far from the Champagne region metropolitan hub. The disillusioned dream of homeownership pushes the middle class farther and farther away in the rural land and challenges economic, environmental and patrimonial aspects of a region linked to its alluring name.
The new periphery of Crugny – where different people and worlds unwillingly interact – becomes a case study for this book.
Der Männergarten (2011)
Der Männergarten: a nursery for men.
This project aimed to represent the legal prostitution institutions in Saxony, Germany.
Revealing the childish nature of the rooms this work refers to architectures in a social context in which the absence of the sex workers highlights their presence and their actions.
Diana, Fujiflex C-Print, dibond, 110 x 85 cm, 2011
Chantal, Fujiflex C-Print, dibond, 110 x 85 cm, 2011
Lilian, Fujiflex C-Print, dibond, 110 x 85 cm, 2011
Elvira, Fujiflex C-Print, dibond, 110 x 85 cm, 2011
Carmen, Fujiflex C-Print, dibond, 110 x 85 cm, 2011
Claudia, Fujiflex C-Print, dibond, 110 x 85 cm, 2011
Jennifer, Fujiflex C-Print, dibond, 110 x 85 cm, 2011
Brushes and Gouaches (2010)
This series revisits the Impressionists' venues along the Seine river banks.
Considered the place of birth of Modernism, the concern of the historical timeline opens a dialogue between photography, painting, and representation.
Chatou (after Renoir), Giclee print, framed, 68 x 87 cm
Gennevilliers (after Manet), Giclee print, framed, 68 x 86 cm
Rueil-Malmaison (after Sisley), Giclee print, framed, 40 x 50 cm
Chatou (after Pissaro), Giclee print, framed, 40 x 50 cm