MARYLISE VIGNEAU

Marylise Vigneau is a documentary photographer and author based between Austria and Pakistan. Raised in a secretive Parisian family, she developed an early taste for investigation and justice. Despite her literature studies, her mode of expression has become photography without her knowing precisely why - maybe the mix of precision, immediacy, truth, and lies behind every image. What attracts her first and foremost is how human beings are affected by physical and mental borders, this fugitive space where an unexpected, bold and fragile act or a glimpse of freedom can arise. She works preferably on long-term projects to better explore memory and place. She likes to capture in-between moments in regions saturated with history and socio-political tensions. On the way, she won some awards: Third place winner, Istanbul Photo awards, 2023, Daily life story category / Winner Gomma Grant 2023 / Winner of the BarTur Photo Awards 2023 “Unity and Diversity” category / Second place in the professional Portfolio category, Sony World Photography Awards 2023 / Finalist winner, category Portrait Series, POY Awards 2023 / Winner in the portraiture category, Xposure Awards 2022 / Nominated for the Oskar Barnack Award 2022 / Nominated for the Pictet Prize 2019/ Winner of "New Visions", Cortona on the Move 2018