Laetitia Soulier’s photographs, articulated in series, each invite the viewer to journey through different worlds ruled by different paradigms. The Palindromes series follows a binary system, using diptych images where twins wander in symmetrical landscapes. In the Fractal Architectures series, the geometry of the wallpaper and the structure of the decor follow a fractal logic, weaving together microcosm and macrocosm. Soulier’s characters, approximately eight years old, have reached the critical place between the fantastical mind and the rational mind. This paradoxical state is embodied in Soulier’s methodically composed yet whimsical photographs. This work cohabits mythical thought, inherited from her Berber genealogical background, and modern scientific thought, cultivated through a French philosophical education.
Laetitia Soulier was born in 1978 in Bordeaux, France. She did her undergraduate study at the Art School of Cergy in Paris, and earned her Masters degree from l’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts (l’ENSBA) in Paris in 2005, at the same time earning a degree in philosophy at the University of Paris Nanterre. She went on to study photography and studio lighting at Les Gobelins, Ecole de l'Image, in Paris in 2006. Her work has been exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the Beaux Arts de Paris, and the Musashino University in Tokyo. She won the first prize of the Exposure Award 2011 and is now preparing a solo show at the Aperture Foundation in New York City where she currently lives and works.
