With a population density of 6,363 per km2, hotels and restaurants around Tokyo try to keep their room sizes to a minimum, a trend that continues in most develop urbanized areas where our roaming space is just a couple of meters to eat, relax and sometimes even sleep. This little cornered personal bubble keeps on shrinking for the average person.
Marie Blampain is a French conceptual photographer born in 1992 in New Caledonia, currently based in Mexico. Her photographic practice is primarily studio-based, where she constructs images using the body, color, and space to question our perception of reality. Her work explores photography's ability to shift the way we perceive familiar situations, revealing the richness of experiences that often go unnoticed in everyday life. Her work has been exhibited in France, New Zealand, and Mexico and two images are part the collection of Palais Galliera in Paris.