Laure VASCONI*

Born in Stuttgart in 1965, Laure Vasconi lives and works in Paris.

She studied architecture at Paris-Belleville and photography at ICP (New York). She starts by assisting many photographers of the agency Magnum while carrying out her personal research. 

During the past decade, Laure Vasconi has worked with the press, including: Les Inrockuptibles, Libération, Le Monde…, as well as with institutions including: Théâtre de l’Odéon, Théâtre de la Cité Internationale, L’Opéra de Paris, Comédie Française, among others; and works individually for: EMOC “Odeon Theatre” site supervision (2003-2006), the 10-years of Naïve, Carte Blanche on the “Traces of Vivaldi” in Venice, for INA “Company Portrait” (2007-2008). Concerned by the question of memory, urbanism and landscape, she is currently working on the mutation of the Grand Paris and participates in the Photographic mission FTL (France(s) Territoire Liquide) (editions Seuil) and the exhibition Paysages Français at the BNF.

She also conducts internships in schools and as part of the Arles Festival and publishes several books with Filigranes or Le Point du Jour. Her work is regularly exhibited in France and abroad:

Paris: Carrousel du Louvre, Les Frigos, l’Odeon, le TCI , le Bon Marché, la Fnac.

Provence : Gap-La Passerelle, Mulhouse-La Filature, Brest-Le Quartz, Marseille-Galerie De Visu,

Nancy-Centre André Malraux. Abroad : Barcelone-Fondation Metronom et Institut Français.