Corinne Mercadier
Solo.
Francesca Wilkins
Until recently, Corinne Mercadier’s work was based around
the use of polaroid film, which she used to capture images that blurred the boundaries between reality and fiction. Solo, one of her most
recent series, steps away from her previous working method to create
the surreal scenes, characteristic of her style, through new means.
The photographs from this series incite curiosity, inevitably
leading the viewer to wonder wherein their significance lies. Do the
figures represent individuals or are they visual allegories - personifications of virtues or ideas? And where is it that they find themselves?
Are these the landscapes of the photographer’s dreams? Helped
by various friends and assistants, Corinne has staged these elegant
theatrical scenes on salt flats and empty airport runways. With on