We evolve by stepping on others, whether it is insects, animals, plants or humans. From the moment you are unwanted you are pushed away, smashed, burned, and disposed of. Companies make people relocate demolishing their houses; booming cities burn down valleys, pushing and killing its wildlife; societies exterminate the unwanted rodents and people. We all live on this planet and yet, everyone is someone else’s unwanted pest.
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.