Artist Statement

Marie-B whistled before she talked. She was born in Africa where there is no winter, where colors are magnificent, where the spices tickle the nostrils, where birds always sing, and where the sugar has a central role in one’s life. She remembers riding the train and being captivated by the sun caressing the sea and spreading a glittering gold cape over the waves. Surrounded by the constant beauty of colors and light, she was fascinated and honed her observation skills. Then, she moved with her family to France and into a new way of life that broadened her mind and developed her passion for traveling, languages and differing cultures. Her travels to remote countries expose her to rich and unfamiliar cultures.

When Marie-B was twelve, she received a camera for Christmas. The camera looked like a black soap box. That was the beginning of a long series of experiments to capture the light and the bliss of the moment, starting with processing film classes in the dark chamber. Marie-B shared that she takes her photographs with her emotions not with her brain, that she pushes the button when her heart starts to pound when she encounters a scene that ravishes her soul. She captures fleeting moments which a second later do not exist anymore; moments where the light, the colors and the creatures are in perfect harmony and become an exceptional whole.

Marie-B moved to the united states in 1999, and has been living in Washington, dc for close to 20 years. She started to show her photographs in 2015, and has been juried in exhibits in New York City, the Washington DC metropolitan area, Grosse Pointe (Michigan), Tucson (Arizona) and elsewhere. Her photographs have been published in local newspapers and exhibited online.

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