artist in residence
2025
Reflets d’Elle
The photographic work of Carline Bourdelas delicately and poetically explores the states of the human soul. Through her images, she addresses the themes of loneliness, silence, childhood and femininity with great sensitivity.
Residing in Deauville, she draws her inspiration from the world of Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan, an iconic novel about a free, melancholic and lucid youth. His photographs capture this floating atmosphere, this imperceptible transition between innocence and a form of disenchanted awareness.
Light is omnipresent, but far from being dazzling, it envelops the scenes in a summer torpor, echoing Sagan's words: “The heat made me sluggish, indifferent to everything.”
French photographer born in 1966 in Khemis (Algeria) and raised in Orléans, Carline Bourdelas lives and works in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Her work, combining poetic staging and superimposed images, explores themes such as loneliness, childhood and femininity, while seeking to rewrite personal stories. Inspired by fairy tales, the Renaissance and cinema, she is fascinated by the magic of the photographed moment, frozen in time. She has exhibited at the Planches Contact 2023 festival and Photo Days (Paris), among others.