Currently midway through classes at the School of Applied Arts in Vevey, Switzerland, this seventeen-year-old photographer balances quiet, unassuming composition and a keen eye for architectural details with a pale, fashion-conscious palette.
Tell us a little bit about your approach to image making.
I work in a very simple way. When I take pictures I am looking mainly for aesthetics: I like to create pictures that are clean and comfortable to look at. My style seems to work well in a number of contexts, whether I’m capturing landscapes and architecture, or even portraits or fashion. I think my style also reflects how I am in every day life: I'm not complicated, I appreciate beautiful and simple things. As in my pictures, I also have a huge range of interests, namely fashion, nature, design and cinema.
How would you describe your style?
My compositions are never very complicated. I love working with straight lines, but sometimes curves and angles. The light is very important to me to give symmetry to my work. I try to vary my work, and mix architectural projects with portraits. I’m interested in new architecture, especial that with different colours, materials or unusual details. It's a big part of my personal work.
Your work has a very defined colour palette. Do you enjoy working with such restrictions?
I like working with pastel and neutral colours. I like the blue and green of nature and, for architecture, white, black and grey. I think a pale scheme is quite trendy at the moment but it’s what I tend to do naturally. I like these colours so they end up appearing frequently in my work, but they’re also the colours of my surrounding landscape.
Tell us about a project you have particularly enjoyed.
The project that I’ve enjoyed the most is the one I am working on at the moment. I’m trying to create a series where I mix architectural details with fashion. Right now I’m still formulating ideas. I’ve not really worked on a large series before so I think it would be a good chance to build up a project and perhaps have an exhibition.
What would you like to do after you graduate?
After my current training I want to do a year of internships before heading to university. I’m young, so I would like the opportunity to try many different ways of working and a range of projects which will push my photographic practice.
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