Release of Matrice des Mondes in bookstores | October 23, 2024, Éditions Skira
Known to the general public as a politician and Minister of Labour from 2017 to 2020, Muriel Pénicaud is also an author, company director, speaker, and, above all, a remarkable photographic artist whose works have been exhibited in Paris and Asia – in Beijing, China, and Tokyo, Japan.
Muriel Pénicaud explores a unique form of visual storytelling, where each image tells a story and captures emotion with remarkable precision. Her sensitive eye embraces natural landscapes and urban scenes, as well as the human condition, with particular attention to women. Her photographs capture the poetry of the moment, whether fleeting like the flight of a bird or timeless like the majesty of trees. Through her works, she addresses powerful themes such as freedom, resilience, and hope, inviting us to profound reflection.
Muriel Pénicaud develops and reveals surprising narratives in images, intimate and contemplative, based on a different relationship with the world, at the crossroads of a form of universalism and a poetic quest for origins.
« Photography is my way of understanding the world, sharing my disbelief, distancing myself from violence, and igniting wonder. My desire is that each viewer becomes the narrator of their own story by projecting their dreams, fears, and imagination onto it. » Muriel Pénicaud
With an introduction by photographer, author, and philanthropist REZA and Rachel Deghati, author and exhibition curator, and a preface by Maria Cristina Madau, artistic director.
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