Carine Thévenau is a Mauritian / Australian Photographer, currently based in Walyalup Fremantle, Australia. Carine's work is expressed through portraiture of the individual, but also broader portraits of place, space and time, including the psychological space (sense of place).
Carine's portraiture seeks to reveal the internal landscape of her subject, wether it be an individual, a community, a place or an object. Carine understands the architecture, objects, materials and organic matter that surround us are embedded with social and cultural significance, inviting further interpretation and narrative exploration within an image. Her practice considers the interrelationship between the natural world and the built environment. She understands this tension as exposing much about who we are, as a society.
Carine's photography particularly celebrates the beauty of ageing materials, including materials marked with the residue of human interaction, as well as those affected by natural environmental decay.
