About Lise Dua

Born in Chambéry ( France ) in 1989.

Early in my work I tried to save faces of relatives, by drawing and after photographying them. Beyond a simple plastic search between body and space my work arises from a real attention for the face and the individual. It pushes me to work with a large format camera, time swings into a pause, a moment of contemplation. The place becomes sometimes a setting and cinema is a great inspiration for me.

After my graduation from the ENSP, I was hosted as a resident artist in the Rodchenko school of Photography and Multimedia Art in Moscow. During three months I photographed people living in communal flats in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Samara.

My images were exhibited several times in France, Europe and Russia. They have been shown during the Rencontres de la Photographie in 2013, and more recently in Paris for the Photo Off fair and in Traismauer, Austria for the Young Photographer Exhibition. I have been awarded from the Art School Price in 2013, the Alexandra Carle's price and my work has been selected for the Leica Oskar Barnack New comer Price and the Bourse du Talent ( Portrait ) in 2014.