Artist Statement
The narrative depicts the main character, an adult woman, who is inseparably linked to her imaginary friend, appearing as an identical reflection of herself.
The series “Doppelgänger” questions psychic neurosis as well as photography itself. Indeed, we often expect photography to depict the real world. Thus, digital pictures, usually retouched, are often criticized because they don’t catch “the decisive moment” anymore.
In this series, digital pictures are de facto retouched; they illustrate the character’s imaginary world, in which the mental double coexists. They appear along instant photos which reveal the real world, supposedly objective. These analog snapshots work as evidence of what is really happening. The pictures’ succession thus manipulates the viewer, questioning how photography has to be related to the truth. In the end, we no longer know what is real or dreamt. Photography consequently remains ambiguous, between subjectivity and objectivity, between testimony and fiction – just like the character oscillates between fantasy and reality.
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Artist Bio
Julie de Waroquier is a self-taught French photographer, also philosophy teacher, who started photography in 2008. Since 2010, she has distinguished herself by winning several national and international awards, including the International Emerging Artist Award. Her photographs are regularly exhibited in solo or group shows, and were notably showcased at the Rencontres d’Arles. Her work has been worldwide published, notably in The Telegraph, The Australian and Deccan Chronicles.
In the end of 2012, she has published her first book “Dreamalities”, which is edited by KnowWare editions. In 2014, this book is adapted as a short film, in collaboration with the film-maker and director Damien Steck. The film has been awarded in several international festivals. In 2019, she has published “Clichés de femmes”with Atlande editions. The book associates sexist quotes from the most famous philosophers with ironical and dreamy pictures, to question and mock the quoted words. The same year, she publishes “La photo de mise en scène” with KnowWare editions.
