Nature City
“Nature City” series started in 2019 out of despair, watching helplessly as our rich natural and cultural heritage gradually disappear, giving way to rampant urbanization. It is a plea to bring nature back into our cities, which have become heat islands, creating an imbalance in our climate system—a dream of one day seeing our cities covered in a green mantle. More nature in our cities, not just decorative, can only bring us physical and mental well-being. The increasingly frequent extreme weather events prove that it is more than urgent to act.
Photos of nature in all its forms are superimposed on photos of our cities made of concrete and steel, playing with transparency, textures and the contrast between the hard shapes of the city and the more organic forms of nature, to symbolize Nature reclaiming its place.
Tools like Photoshop and Lightroom are used on digital photos to create the desired effect. Is the final result considered photography? Why not? They are, after all, authentic individual photos that take on their full meaning and tell a different story when combined with other images.
Some of the urban photos (#04 & #08) are taken in Dubai where Nature is sorely lacking. The artist wanted to rectify this by “lending” them a little of Mauritius’s generous nature. From this perspective the artist was able to create a world of her imagination but using real photos which bring a touch of reality and authenticity without the use of Artificial Intelligence. This point is extremely important for the photographic artist who insists on creating from her own photos.
In the image titled “Wind of Change” (#13), created from photos taken during the demonstrations in Mauritius following the Wakashio shipwreck and oil spill off our coast, the artist takes her cause further by evoking a protest movement under the Mauritian flag. A long-exposure photograph is superimposed on photos of the demonstrators, with the image of nature, threatened yet omnipresent, in the background.
The image titled Hope City (#01) shows us photos of nature superimposed on images of the city of Port Louis, with the Mauritian Pink Pigeon watching, an endemic and endangered bird of Mauritius, which is now a symbol of resilience and survival thanks to the efforts of the authorities. Children play nonchalantly below in this idyllic world.
Awards and Publications:
2026 – Best Work Overall Award at the Samudra Art Prize.
2026 – Selected for exhibiting at the Culture Print Exhibition by Artme Curator
2026 – Artistic Residency at Hell-Bourg, Réunion Island for an exhibition at the Festival Arléo
2026 – Lens Culture Editors’ Pick Gallery Feature
2025 – Published photos in the “Moris Ikonik” coffee table photo book
2025 – Selected for exhibiting at the Cape Town Photography Festival
2025 – Selected for exhibiting at the 30 years of the Ilha Do Cirne Gallery Show.
2025 – Artist Feature in the Mozaïk International Cultural Magazine (August Issue)
2024 – Selected for the World Ocean Day Exhibition at l’Alliance Française Dubai.
2024 – Finalist for the Samudra Art Prize.
2023 – Lens Culture Editors’ Pick Gallery Feature
2023 – Selected for the Mauritius Arts Expo
2020 – Feature in the Openeye Magazine (April Issue)
Other awards:
– Bursary in Fur fashion design at the Saga Centre, Copenhagen
– 2nd Prize in National Fur Fashion design of Canada
– Winner for the LaSalle College graduates fashion show poster competition, Montreal, Canada
