Cendre is a non-binary emerging french artist based in Saint-Étienne, France. Self-taught and an ecologist by training, their work is about the invisible, the relationship between humans and living beings. They are invested in various photographic communities : they support the Sustainable Darkroom, are part of the international experimental photography community and engage in their local community darkroom by giving workshops. Their work was exhibited in collective exhibitions during EXP21 and EXP22, the Experimental photographic festival in Barcelona, Spain.

Cendre wants to be part of those who participate in a cultural revolution that reinvents our relationships with the living to offer new imaginations and possibilities. Their creative practice is part of their spirituality which involves collecting and spending time outside. They work with photosensitive material and clay to connect with the environment and produce images or objects. They collaborate with ecosystems by letting them directly impact their work; for instance, by soaking film in rainwater, soil and plants coming from a specific place. Cendre’s research and practice is centered around the environment, photography and materiality.

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The Oath