Lisandre St-Cyr Lamothe is a French photographer working primarily in digital mediums. She takes full advantage of the beautiful lighting and natural color found in rural Switzerland, where she has recently chosen to live. Much of her practice is concerned with following life-patterns that revolve around the cycles of the sun and thus it is a large component when she composes images.
Lamothe is interested in the idea of "Transplanting" herself into lifestyles where can can observes "lifestyles as they are, not as they should be". For here series Transplanter she followed a group of families for four years as they kept up their family farm and went about their daily life. She is interested in documentation of things that are sustaining, and removing herself from the urban environments so many deem necessary. Lamothe also finds great influence in Dutch paintings, a style which informs many of her compositional decisions. She wants to convey this type of modern fragility and beauty in the same way that old masters have.
I find Lamothe's use of lighting to be exceptional. She can turn seemingly boring things into works of art through her unique framing and attention to lighting. I also admire her commitment to getting images. The entire time she was working in Switzerland she was also training as a shepherdess, not only to learn the trade, but so she could have access to the experiences one in that field would have. I appreciate her commitment to creating beautiful imagery but also how she seeks out natural occurrences instead of false realities.
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