La Sentinelle des docks

Sophie Mabille grew up in Paris, where she began her photographic adventure in high school as an assistant to photographer Bernard Esclapez. She continued this activity after graduating from high school, and stopped it on the occasion of a linguistic stay in New York, during which she enrolled at the School of Visual Arts. On her return to France, and under parental pressure, the artist worked in the marketing departments of prestigious brands-Dior to name but one. It wasn't until 2003 that Sophie Mabille decided to make art her main practice. In her practice, images are fundamental. It is through images that she manages to "transcend the banality of everyday life", while linking this everyday life to contemporary issues. Sometimes, the artist adds other materials (resin, concrete, paint, etc.) to these images to give them a new dimension, transforming the visual object into a physical one.