Christine B lives near Mirepoix in the foothills of the Pyrenees, in south-west France. She shares her life with her 14 year old son and her horses.

Photography and painting have been part of her life since childhood. She bought her first camera when she was eleven and started to work in a darkroom while at secondary school. She also organized trekking in the Pyrenees with a few friends and teachers.

Living close to nature, from which she takes her energy and inspiration, she decided to leave her job several years ago, in order to spend most of her time outdoors, becoming a pilgrim into the wild.

Coming back to photography after a gap of 25 years, Christine B dedicates her work to nature; observing her forms and colours and the progress of life. She sees her work as a homage to creation and relishes the way that her contemplation turns active when making photographs.

At the exhibition, you will discover the wilderness of the Ariège. You can also reflect on the view of the fox Arthur as he travels as a messenger from a forgotten place in south-west France to the city of London, watching things and time passing by.

In this collection she has eschewed the use of digital photography, preferring to remain with film in what she sees as a true love story between the photographer and her camera. Her work is regularly exhibited at individual and group shows in France and she has been selected for exhibition at the Festival Ravensare in Toulouse this July.

“My work is a review of the nature of the Ariège in pictures and not words. I seek to communicate the power of elemental nature in the restful places, where nature sounds quietest. Watching and feeling the beauty and wonder of  those surroundings, I wonder which of us is more real, me or the fox.”