Berangere Goossens

Bérangère Goossens
She who loves / Photographing inner life / Traveling through space and time
Born in 1979, I grew up in a small village in Seine-et-Marne, far from everything but close to nature. With a master's degree in documentary filmmaking, I pursued my studies first in cinema at Paris 8 University, then in sociology in Nancy, and finally in anthropology on Réunion Island. My artistic training has been equally diverse: theater, painting, photography, video, writing, materials, textures, media, and set design. My self-taught journey has spanned 30 years.
In 2003, my trip to Chiapas in Mexico to visit the Zapatista Indians marked a turning point in my life.
In my work, I seek simplicity. I have a restrained approach to reality; it seems to me that small things are remarkable, and I focus my gaze on their strength to reveal them. I like to follow the lines of my inner self and translate them into images.