For French artist Anne-Laure 脡tienne (b. 1991), photography is “as much about shooting
as it is about performance.鈥 In the self-portrait series Tissues and Bones, figures leap over
rock formations, climb trees and lie under open sky. Bodies bend, stretch, tense and relax,
whilst flowing fabrics billow with the breeze and glitter in harsh sunlight. 脡tienne鈥檚 face is
often obscured by sheets of brightly coloured cloth, whilst her body appears trapped in
awkward positions. There鈥檚 a tension between constraint and freedom, as the artist navigates
challenging yet sprawling terrain. The images ask: in our advanced technological world, how
disconnected from nature have we become? The Rencontres d鈥橝rles award-winning series is
part of a wider body of work that harnesses dazzling pop colours, 1980s-inspired textures
and playful 鈥済ames in space.鈥 脡tienne is always looking for 鈥渢he accident in the shot鈥, using
improvisation as a means of self-expression.
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All images courtesy of Anne-Laure 脡tienne, from Tissue and Bones (2022).
