iconTechnique: Photo assembly on metal
Marjorie Roy is a photographer whose work explores the profound interconnections between humans and nature. She uses photography as a means of personal exploration and interrogation of broader notions, such as the fragility of existence and the invisible links that bind us together. She questions themes of memory, migration and the environment, while capturing the beauty and fragility of the natural world. Her images, imbued with a poetic and symbolic dimension, invite viewers to reflect on our relationship with living things and the environment.
Using innovative media such as brushed metal and white metal, Marjorie creates a subtle tension between the purity of natural landscapes and the materiality of the contemporary world. By modulating light and texture, these materials offer an evolving visual experience that echoes the fragile dynamics of nature. This choice of medium is not only aesthetic, but also conceptual: it suggests a reflection on man's impact on nature, and on the way we interpret and transform the natural world through modern, industrial filters.
Far from limiting herself to simple documentation, Marjorie manipulates her images through subtle digital retouching, creating augmented photography. This approach allows her to go beyond simple realistic representation to explore more abstract and emotional dimensions. By altering colors, textures or layering visual elements, she fashions visual narratives that go far beyond the tangible, resonating as poetic metaphors for time, migration and the fragility of the environment.
As such, her works are part of a complex dialogue between art, technology and nature. They are not merely representations, but invitations to rethink our relationship with the natural world, while questioning the tensions between what is natural and what is artificial. The use of metal and digital manipulation creates an immersive, introspective experience, where art becomes a means of questioning man's place in an ever-changing environment.
Marjorie Roy's art is a hybrid of digital photography, digital artistic manipulation and photographic montage. Her practice eludes strict categorization, as it crosses several genres and techniques, making it difficult to reduce it to a single denomination. In short, his work could be described as augmented digital photography, digital art or photo montage.
Awards and mentions
- 2019 - Prize of the MRC de la Nouvelle-Beauce, ChaudiĂšre-Appalaches in Works
- 2018 - 3rd place Exquisite QC Competition and Favorite Prize
- 2013 - Mention from the jury, Public Prize, Desjardins competition of the Marius Barbeau Museum
- 2012 - Mention of the jury in the Desjardins competition of the Marius Barbeau Museum