Natacha Lesueur

Natacha Lesueur (born 1 August 1971) is a French photographer and plasticist.

She lives and works in Paris. In 2000 she was a winner of the "Prix Ricard", and she was visual artist in residence at the Villa Medici during 2002/03. She has exhibited in a number of European countries, in the United States of America, South Korea and China.

Natacha Lesueur teaches at the Cantonal Art College at Lausanne and at the European Academy of Art at Rennes.

Work

You don't produce so many photo-works? "I do 15 - 20 images per year. The thing comes together right at the end of the composition process - which can take a long time. There's no shortage of images these days: I try and make mine meaningful and essential, at least for me. With my last piece, hairstyles depicted in black and white paint, I think there cannot have been more than five images. That takes a lot of time, the molds, the coiffures ... all that for a single 'photo'!" "Je fais 15 à 20 images par an. La prise arrive toujours en fin de processus de fabrication, qui peut être très long. On ne manque pas d’images de nos jours : je cherche à ce que les miennes soient essentielles, au moins pour moi. Avec mon dernier travail, des coiffures maquillées en peinture noir et blanc, je pense qu’il y aura seulement cinq images. Cela prend beaucoup de temps, les moules, la coiffure, le blanc complet, tout cela pour une seule photo !" Many of her artistic priorities express themselves through the body, the appearance of its structure, and the intimate association sustained between flesh and food.