CAMILLE HERVOUET

Photographer

www.camillehervouet.com

Biography

Born in 1984, Camille Hervouet was quickly drawn to the study of photography, at the Lycée Léonard de Vinci de Montaigu and Ecole Technique de Photographie et d'Audiovisuel (ETPA) in Toulouse. She next worked as colour timer and scanner for photographer Denis Piel, then at the newspaper 20 Minutes in Paris. She currently takes on commissions and  develops her own personal projects.

The themes that interest her are landscapes, family and the home. She analyses scenes, tries to find their system of functioning, their construction, evolution, the contradictions of these geographic and intimate territories. Her reflection is also aimed at the use of photography as an object of remembrance, transmitting a story and identity, both individual and collective.

In March 2008, during her time as artist in residence at La Métive in the Creuse region of France, she continued her research of buildings and portraits, a project which evolved in 2009 into a more important series of photos, “Buildings and their inhabitants in the Vendée region”. In November  2007, she travelled to Russai, with the resulting photos (“Images of Russia”), filled with solitude, immensity and sadness, are dedicated to her grandfather. Her “Houses” series, undertaken as her end of studies work at the end of 2006, won a prize at the ETPA and went on to be shown in numerous exhibitions.

Collective Exhibitions

2009
Quartiers libres for Les Photaumnales, Beauvais
            Dasein/Machen for Les Estuaires with MPVite, Le Pellerin
            Festival Regards, Villeneuve de la Rivière
            Topographic, Tarnos

2008
Mois-OFF de la photographie, with FetArt, Paris
            Vers une Architecture with MPVite, Carquefou
            Festival Regards, Villeneuve de la Rivière
            Retour de Martinique, laboratoire Photon, Toulouse
            FNAC, Nantes

2007
Festival des Sens, Martinique
            Manifesto, Toulouse
            FNAC, Toulouse

Personal Exhibitions

2008
“Images de Russie”, Galerie du Minage, Clisson
            “Images de Russie”, cinéma Le Concorde, La Roche sur Yon
            “Maisons”, Espace 14Bis, La Roche sur Yon

Prizes, Scholarships and Residencies

2009
Aide Individuelle à la création, DRAC des Pays de la Loire
            Artists residency at l’Ecomusée, Daviaud in the Vendée region

2008
Bourse Envie d'Agir,  Défi Jeune, Ministère Jeunesse et Sports
            Artists residency at La Métive in the Creuse region

2006
Finaliste du concours La bourse du talent #30 organisé
            par le laboratoire PICTO, KODAK, et le magazine Photographie.com
            Prix du Thème Libre, Grand Prix de l'ETPA

Published work

2009
Coffret d'épreuves d'artistes, MPVite
            Catalogue d'exposition, Festival Regards

2007
Technique & Architecture n° 488
            Catalogue d'exposition, Manifesto