"Laëtitia Donval takes photographs of what she is drawn to: immersing herself in the most unexpected aspects of daily life. Enthralled by a hidden, other reality, her work is armed with ambiguity to help break through the commonplace and expose a harsh and weakened reality. Landscapes, portraits, still lifes are all subjects for examination in her empirical science of the exhilarating and fragile moment.
The series, 'En surface', was produced during a stay as artist-in-residence in Nature Humaine, in the Centre region of France." (publisher's note)

About the photographer (*1981, Lannion (France)):
Laëtitia Donval lives and works in Brest. She has frequently taken part in artists’ residencies and her work has been featured in exhibitions both in France and abroad, including: Begira’12 Photo Festival – Museo de Arte e Historia (Durango-Espagne), Centre Atlantique de la Photographie (Brest), Le Bal (Paris), F/Stop Festival (Leipzig), International Center of Photography (New York), RIP (Arles), QPN (Nantes), Festival Les Photaumnales (Beauvais), or Kunsthalle – Global Art and the Museum (Sao Paulo).  In 2010 Donval published her first book, Nerves, followed by Bombed (2013) and Fluent (2014). IN 2013 she edited SMOKE magazine.

Format: HC (without dj, as issued), 17 x 24 cm., 72 pp., color ills., French

DONVAL, Laetitia - En surface