Clémentine Schneidermann
Clémentine Schneidermann portrays common people trying to escape their trivial daily lives. She conveys their poetical and intimate moments in her photographs, luring small and flaky stories from under the surface of every subject. It appears in the melancholic expressions of the extravagantly dressed Elvis fans from all over the world, which she captures in the project I called her Lisa-Marie. Or in the series Le grand silence, in which she photographs her brother’s new life in Southern France, where he lives as a shepherd, having left his family and life in Paris behind. Her scenes are mysterious and almost surreal, though portraying common characters who can seem estranged, but in Schneidermann’s photographs appear incredibly present.
Schneidermann started her photography career at 17, moving to Switzerland to study at the applied art school of Vevey. Her work has been shown in a number of venues including Tom Christoffersen Galleri, Copenhagen, DK, Kickplate Gallery, Abertillery, UK, Galerie Huit, Arles, FR, and the Tate Britain, London. She has won numerous awards and has been heralded as one of our period’s most talented young photographers by New York Times. She has worked on projects in Spain, Greece, Germany, England and USA, …
Clémentine Schneidermann portrays common people trying to escape their trivial daily lives. She conveys their poetical and intimate moments in her photographs, luring small and flaky stories from under the surface of every subject. It appears in the melancholic expressions of the extravagantly dressed Elvis fans from all over the world, which she captures in the project I called her Lisa-Marie. Or in the series Le grand silence, in which she photographs her brother’s new life in Southern France, where he lives as a shepherd, having left his family and life in Paris behind. Her scenes are mysterious and almost surreal, though portraying common characters who can seem estranged, but in Schneidermann’s photographs appear incredibly present.
Schneidermann started her photography career at 17, moving to Switzerland to study at the applied art school of Vevey. Her work has been shown in a number of venues including Tom Christoffersen Galleri, Copenhagen, DK, Kickplate Gallery, Abertillery, UK, Galerie Huit, Arles, FR, and the Tate Britain, London. She has won numerous awards and has been heralded as one of our period’s most talented young photographers by New York Times. She has worked on projects in Spain, Greece, Germany, England and USA, and lives and travels currently between Wales and Paris.
Courtesy of Galleri Tom Christoffersen