FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER BORN IN 1985

Juliette-Andréa Elie was born in Auvergne, France, in 1985. She is a graduate of the E.S.B.A.N.M in Nantes (DNSEP 2010) and Concordia University in Montreal. Her preoccupations center on the representation of landscape in the age of the Anthropocene, on the subterranean links that each of us maintains with our direct or fantasized environment, and on other members of the Living. Photography, drawing, painting, video and voice are all tools she uses, with a marked interest in the unique work, as opposed to the overabundance of reproducible objects.

PROJECT DEVELOPED: “WHAT MOTHER-OF-PEARL WEAVES”.

In this project, Juliette-Andréa Elie focuses on the Grande Nacre, an emblematic shellfish of the Mediterranean basin, now found almost exclusively in the Etang de Thau and the Gulf of Lion. This filter feeder, essential to marine biodiversity, is threatened by human activity and a devastating parasite. Through a series of field photographs, she aims to explore the active relationship between local scientists and this species.

The project also draws on a symbolic aspect: the precious sea silk, Le byssus, derived from mother-of-pearl filaments, which is the subject of ancestral craftsmanship. The photographer imagines a weft of golden threads, embroidery or weaving, partially covering her images. These writings, both poetic and documentary, open up the collective imagination in relation to our ability to adapt to environmental challenges.

The project also addresses future challenges, such as the search for new refuges and the creation of new maritime coexistences.