Emilie Möri
- Michael Hanna
- 6 days ago
- 2 min read
Emilie Möri is a conceptual photographer who has exhibited in France and England. Recent exhibitions include Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, Ville de Montmorency in the suburbs of Paris, Galerie Eotia Marseille in Marseille, The Other Art Fair in London, and dual participation at Festival Barrobjectif in Barro, France. Emillie has been published in multiple editions of Opéra National de Paris as well as included in Magazine Sciences Humaines, La Croix Magazine, Télérama Magazine, La vie Magazine, Rendez-vous à Colombo, Fisheye Magazine, and Adobe France par l'ADN Studio.
An exciting photographer, Emilie captures both figures and landscapes with optical distortions through minimalistic cropping and focused method acting. Her actors reveal mysterious inclinations such as interacting and being concealed through red cloaks and mirrors. She uses clever use of props such as pouring flour over a model's face to create scenes reminiscent of an imagined apparition. Isolated within the central composition, her figures appear emotionless and hidden reactions as if to serve as representations of symbolism rather than as characters. However, her figures with their symbolic depictions reveal a narrative in silent dialogue in interacting with their surroundings as a manner which evokes solitude and sense of poetry in trying to define the purpose of self-identity.
The photographs are actually digital collages despite some of them having a similar resemblance to analogue format photography. She combines imagery to create a finished composition which invokes metaphor and a clean, minimalistic surface. Emillie’s landscapes tend to be pale, pastel, and containing a sense of sfumato. Such a combination of elements reveals an atmospheric harmony which seems ethereal, serene, and poetic. Her works reflect a journey, both literally and metaphorically, of actors engaging their surroundings in a state of discovery and reflective interaction through strategic symbolic props and focused minimalist compositions.
Red Stole # 9 (pictured above) reveals a solitary figure in a wheat field cloaking herself in red. The contrast in coloring between the pale background against the bright cloak reveals an atmospheric tension and symbolism of confinement. With a sense of drama, the cloak blows in the wind above the actor’s head as she tries to wrap herself amongst the cool breeze to either conceal herself or shield her eyes. An enigmatic piece which reflects the purpose of solitude and a sharp interaction between landscape and figure to evoke emotions of contemplation.
Emilie Möri remains a clever photographer who uses props, symbolism, and atmosphere to reveal identity not only in her actors but also upon the viewer. Through these poetic photographs, the viewer discovers a sense of purpose in individualistic identity through clean forms, a minimalistic composition, and tones which invoke solace and tranquility. These beautiful artworks reflect on the importance of reflecting on the passage of time through ominous landscapes, open negative space, and reflective ambience which induce euphoria as if listening to soothing New Age music on the shoreline. Emillie invokes fantastical connotations through symbolic representations of individuality through proficient props and mysterious concealment of actors reflecting our relationship to natural environments.
