Marine Lanier's photographic practice is a blend of documentary fable and magical realism. She poetically blends intimate narratives and collective mythologies.
Coming from a family of horticulturists and sailors, her work revolves around questions of ecology, clan structure, connection and the call of adventure. Marine Lanier explores places where dangers and mysteries lurk:
the abandoned nursery where his father worked, a dormant volcano, the waves of a dam, the land of Armenia, shaken by conflicts and earthquakes.
Margins and the irrational fascinate her. She photographs communities of pruners and gardeners, wolf children in Ardèche, and attempts, through sailor superstitions, to recount the journey of a captain's ancestor. Capturing the light of the eclipse, playing with symbols, inventing the color of dreams, Marine Lanier bears witness to individual destinies, facing the group, through initiation rituals.
She is represented by the Jörg Brockmann gallery (Geneva), and exhibits her work in France and abroad.
