Biography
Coralie Monnet (born 1990, Nantes, France) is a French photographer who's been living for the past 5 years in between France and the UK.
Her work has a strong focus on storytelling, using a poetic documentary style to capture those unique relationships and connections between her subjects. Coralie is naturally drawn to the beauty she finds everywhere, in those everyday moments that are so precious, yet often overlooked or forgotten.
Her interest is in capturing time evolution, details and ordeals, especially in the lived minutiae of everyday life.
Coralie’s images encapsulate treasured memories and candid narratives, embodying the feelings and emotions in those spontaneous, fleeting instants. With her love of natural light and thoughtful play with composition, she evokes sensory and textural details, transporting the viewer to relive, imagine and feel that moment. Coralie’s portraiture is deeply personal, yet with a gentle rawness, tenderness and sensitivity that feels unobtrusive. [/font][/size]
Her own childhood, growing up in rural France surrounded by nature and simple pleasures has always influenced the lens through which she sees the world and inspires how she seeks to capture her subjects’ authentic experiences in a humanist style.
Coralie graduated from the Faculte des Metiers in Bruz, Rennes in 2015 and did her first group exhibition at Le Carré d'Art the
]She is currently working on her project 'Through the window - families at home during lockdown', a series portraying mothers and fathers with their children in South Manchester during the Covid-19 pandemic.
