ABOUT
Experimentation, performance, encounters, and a genuine interest in bridging the unlikely are key concerns in both my photographic and personal work.
As to photography itself, my Balkan origins pointed me into the direction of paradoxes. This latter interest has fueled my appreciation over the years for the abstract and colourful images of Viviane Sassen, the purely straight architectural black and white lines of Paul Jung, not denying the kitsch and baroque aesthetics of David LaChapelle, and in passing the experimental digital work of Pierre Debusschere to round off the circle of my educational background, scientific and artistic.
//// EDUCATION
2019 - 2025 ● Assistant for following photographers: Hugo Comte, Lufré, Nicole Heiniger, Marta Bevacqua, Denis Rouvre, Hyungsik Kim, Jacques Burga, Quentin Saunier, Thomas Tebet, Robbert Jacobs, Alice Jacquemin, Yohann Gendry, Pedro Arieta, Michelle Du Xuan, Rodrigo Carmuega, Jean-François Verganti, Anaïs Novembre, Lucie Hugary, Laurent Humbert, Walter Pfeiffer, Corentin Leroux, Alexandre Häfeli, Anne Timmer, Thomas Lohr, Sacha Goldberger, Liran Mor, Leon Mark, Jean-Philippe Lebee, Letizia Le Fur, Lucie Rox, Lysa Thieffry, Alexandra Sophie, James Nelson, John Lander, Maxime Monti, Gaëtan Bernard, Ralph Wenig, Nicolas Wagner, Rodrigo Carmuega, Vincent Calmel, Seb Michel
2019 ● Studio Zéro, Internship as studio assistant, Paris, France
2015 - 2018 ● The Higher School of Photography, Diploma in Visual Communication Design CEPV, Vevey, Switzerland.
Workshops with Stanley Greene, Valérie Belin, Eric Nehr, Asger Carlsen, Roberto Greco, Yann Gross, Reiner Riedler, Balmer Hählen, Philippe Brault, Adam Broomberg, Bureau A, Stefan Burger & Patrick Hari, André Cepeda, Donigan Cumming, Petros Efstathiadis, Gilbert Fasteneakens, Claus Goedicke, Anne Golaz, Geert Goiris, Guillaume Herbaut, Bogdan Konopka, Eva Leitolf, Laura Lewinsky, Helen Van Meene, Awoiska van der Molen, Christian Patterson
//// EXHIBITIONS
2024/11 ● “Corporeality”, Art-Icon, Collective exhibition
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Photo Days, Paris, France
2021/9 ● Transphotographiques
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Maison de la Photographie de Lille, Lille, France
2021/5 ● Les Boutographies
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Pavillon populaire, Montpellier, France
2021/4 ● "I LOVE #ArtisteDici", Collective exhibition
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Place de la Gare, Lausanne, Switzerland
2019/12 ● Bourse du Talent, Collective exhibition
Communiqué de presse
BnF, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
2019/11 ● LensCulture 2019 Emerging Talent Awards, Collective exhibition
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Galerie Joseph, Paris, France
2019/6 ● "Home Made Empire", Collective exhibition
Espace Forêt 11, Flon, Lausanne, Switzerland
Curator: Magali Dougoud
2019/4 ● "Month of Photography Los Angeles", Collective exhibition
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Santa Monica Art Studios, Arena 1 Gallery
2018/7 ● "A handful of strange", Diploma collective exhibition
Espace Doret, CEPV, Vevey, Switzerland
Curators: Virginie Otth
2017/7 ● "Des mondes meilleurs", Collective exhibition
Espace Nonante-neuf, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
Curators: Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Virginie Otth
2017/2 ● "Évidences du réel. La photographie face à ses lacunes", Collective exhibition
Musée d’art de Pully, Pully, Switzerland
Curators: Stefan Burger, Patrick Hari
2016/9 ● "Des mondes meilleurs", Collective exhibition
Festival Images, Vevey, Switzerland
Curators: Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Virginie Otth
2015/9 ● "Sehnsucht", Collective exhibition
Vitrines du Rivage, Vevey, Switzerland
Curators: Reiner Riedler
//// AWARDS
2019/11 ● LensCulture 2019 Emerging Talent Awards
Press, fashion category, for the work « Ici c’est l’aquarium, dehors c’est l’océan »
2019/11 ● Budapest International Foto Awards, Golden winner
Editorial category, for the work « Ici c’est l’aquarium, dehors c’est l’océan »
2019/6 ● Paris PX3, Gold prize
Press, fashion category, for the work « Ici c’est l’aquarium, dehors c’est l’océan »
2019/5 ● Moscow International Foto Awards, Golden winner
Fashion editorial category, for the work « Ici c’est l’aquarium, dehors c’est l’océan »
2019/5 ● London International Creative Competition, Honorable mention
Student category, for the work « Ici c’est l’aquarium, dehors c’est l’océan »
2019/4 ● Fine Arts Photography Awards, Nominee
Fashion category, for the work « Ici c’est l’aquarium, dehors c’est l’océan »
2019/1 ● Tokyo International Foto Awards, Silver winner
Fashion editorial category for the work « Ici c’est l’aquarium, dehors c’est l’océan »
2018/10 ● IPA, International Photography Awards, 2nd place
Political editorial category for the work « Ici c’est l’aquarium, dehors c’est l’océan »
2018/10 ● PhotogrVphy Magazine, Photography Grant Nominee
For the work « Ici c’est l’aquarium, dehors c’est l’océan »
//// PUBLICATIONS
2017/7 ● "The Fallen", Collective publication
Vision Magazine, #169, Beijing, China
Art director: Eric Nehr
Stylist: Elin Björsell
2016/9 ● "Album 06", Season look-back for Théâtre de l’Arsenic, Collective publication
Lausanne, Switzerland
Directed by: Sandrine Kuster, Giorgio Pesce, Virginie Otth