Meet the Photographer
ON A MISSION TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE
I am a French-American photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia. I was born and educated in France. I moved to the United States in 1991 to complete a M.A in journalism (1993, University of Arizona).
I have kept my French accent since then.
Early in my career, I worked as a photojournalist, freelancing for major news agencies. In 2016, I had my “climate” epiphany moment after climbing Mont Blanc in the French Alps and witnessing the tragic retreat of Mer de Glace, the largest glacier in France. Moved by this experience, I decided to refocus my work on issues of ecology and the sustainability movement. In 2021, I received a fellowship from the Blue Earth Alliance for my long-term project, Lost in Sight.
At the core of my work is the desire to amplify the voices for change. I am rooted in the belief that the current climate crisis and the underlying environmental issues require a behavioral and cultural shift. I am interested in working with brands and organizations who care deeply about their social and environmental footprints and in helping them expand their impact.
CLIENTS
New York Times | Associated Press | Forbes | Business Insider | Bloomberg | Agence France-Presse | The National Trust for Historic Preservation | The Georgia Solar Association | Giving Kitchen | Olmsted Linear Park Alliance | WABE-NPR | Emory Studies | Places Journal | YMCA | Atlanta Magazine | ArtsATL | Atlanta Journal Constitution
PRESS
NPR |WABE, August 28th, 2023
South x Southeast Photo magazine, Vol IV, issue 3, November/December 2022
New photo show explores hidden beauty of the Flint River in metro Atlanta, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Oct, 28, 2021
CURRICULUM VITAE
SELECTED EXHIBITS + PUBLICATIONS
SOLO EXHIBIT
2023 “Aliens, Invasive and Other Entanglements,” an investigation into the complicated connections that exist in our disturbed urban landscapes, Spalding Nix Fine Arts Gallery, Atlanta, GA, September 15 - November 10,
2021: Lost in Sight: "Lost in Sight", Hapeville Art Commission featured exhibition, as part of the Atlanta Celebrates Photography festival.
2020: “Reclaimed by Nature: The Historic Davidson Quarries of Arabia Mountain,” DeKalb History Center Museum, Atlanta, Georgia.
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITS
2019: "Urban Wilderness + Man-Made Nature,” a collaborative work with Shannon Davis, Georgia Institute of Technology Kendeda Building for Innovative Design, Atlanta, Georgia.
2016: “Urban Wilderness + Man-Made Nature,” a collaborative work with Shannon Davis, Dana Fine Arts Center at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA.
2015-2014: “Urban Wilderness + Man-Made Nature”, Atlanta Celebrates Photography; a collaborative installation with Shannon Davis, Trees Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga (2015) and Woodlands Garden, Decatur, GA (2014).
GROUP EXHIBITS
2023: “Where the Rivers Meet,” an urban exploration along the rivers that flow in Atlanta and Marseille with photographer Geoffroy Matthieu. Presented by Villa Albertine and the Franco-German Cultural Center of Atlanta, as part of City/Cité - Towards Earthly Cities, the Atlanta Design Festival and France Atlanta. October 13-22, 2023
2023: “Listening to the Land: Reimagining the Bartram Trail”, a collaborative show of 32 photographers, The Bascom, Highlands, NC, September 9, 2023 - January 6, 2024.
2022: (Un) Natural Cycles: Air, Water, Land,” curated by Elizabeth Cheng Krist, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2021: Slow Exposures, annual photography show, Zebulon, GA
2019: "Urban Wilderness + Man-Made Nature,” a collaborative work with Shannon Davis, Georgia Institute of Technology Kendeda Building for Innovative Design, Atlanta, Georgia.
2017: “Where we are,” Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Curator: Alan Rothschild, founder of The Do Good Fund, a public charity focused on building a museum-quality collection of photographs taken in the American South since WWII.
2012 : “Plastics,” exhibit acquisition of three photographs, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, WA.
BOOKS
“Disrupted Landscape,” self-published book, included in Fall Line Fifty, a juried selection of self-published books by Fall Line Press. Guest jurors included Teresa Burk and Elliot McNally of the ACA Library at SCAD and Michael Goodman of Nexus Press. April 2017
SELECTED ART CRITIC REVIEWS
Review: Photographer Tyler Mitchell reclaims nature for Black Americans," ArtsATL, July 22, 2024
"Lalla Essaydi sees bullets and bottle caps in modern Morocco," ArtsATL, May 15, 2024
"Review: In High Museum exhibit, five photographers reframe the truth of things," ArtsATL, March 14, 2024
"Review: From books to buildings, two thoughtful exhibits at Jackson Fine Art," ArtsATL, January 31, 2024
"Small, intimate prints captivate in High’s “Kertész: Postcards from Paris,” ArtsATL, March 7, 2022
"At High, Alex Harris' photographs take a crack at catching ever-evolving South", ArtsATL, Dec. 17, 2019.
"In major High exhibit, Sally Mann exposes a conflicted, ugly, gorgeous South", ArtsATL, October 28, 2019.
"Atlanta Celebrates Photography, from its galleries to its street sides, all month long", ArtsATL, October 1, 2019.
"10 years of ArtsATL: Lucinda Bunnen's Astonishing 'Collection of Collections'", ArtsATL, September 13, 2019.
"Photographer Mark Steinmetz finds beauty at the Atlanta Airport", ArtsATL, February 28, 2018.
"'Picturing Justice' Showcases Photographers with an eye for social issues", ArtsATL, October 12, 2018.
"'Ebola: People+Public Health+Political Will' Articulates the prevention of an epidemic", ArtsATL, July 2017.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts (M.A.), Journalism. University of Arizona | 1991-1993
B.A. ( French Maitrise), University of Paris X, France. Philosophy and political sciences | 1985-1989