Born in 1991, Vincent Marcq is a French photographer who lives and works in Paris. After studying at the Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes, he enrolled at the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie in Arles, graduating in 2016. His work was presented at the Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles as part of a special focus on three students. He was also noticed by the Agnès B. gallery, which exhibited his work in Paris, and won the Roederer Audience Award at the Planche(s) Contact Festival in Deauville. Selected for the Création en Cours program in 2020, he undertook a six-month residency at the Villa Medici before returning to France.

Poignant and sensitive, often tinged with humor, Vincent Marcq's photographs explore the unique relationship between the individual and their home. They question the connection between self-construction, the creation of intimacy, and the shaping of urban space. Originally from northern France, Marcq grew up in a small town near Lille whose landscape was radically transformed by the massive construction of standardized housing. Deeply affected by this phenomenon, he examines its social repercussions. If we consider housing as one of the main drivers of our personal development, what are the implications of this standardization of our environment? In the aptly titled series "Standard," he photographs house facades whose design is directly inspired by gated communities in the United States. These images of standardized housing, resembling isolated models devoid of any trace of habitation, evoke the deconstruction of the social fabric and the loss of our individuality.

The works of Vincent Marcq are presented in partnership with Studio Artera, an artists' agency.

THE WORKS