Burnt to be alive (2024), photography installation
Her artwork consists of several series of photos, modified by hand, transformed using different techniques. All captured on video, in order to see the progressive degradation. Thanks to this process, a photo can become 10, each showing a different path, like the one we would take and which determines what we become.
Artist biography
Self-taught, Emma Depres is developing a plastic and photographic production alongside her video practice. Since 2015, she has been capturing real-life moments in the manner of a life documentary, and placing them in an imagined universe during editing. With a constant concern for composition, her works catalyze an aesthetic oscillating between a nostalgic sensibility, which reflect an anguished spleen of a shining ideal.