French Moroccan photographer Carolle Bénitah, who worked for ten years as a fashion designer before turning to photography in 2001, explores memory, family and the passage of time. Often pairing old family snapshots with handmade accents, such as embroidery, beading and ink drawings, Bénitah seeks to reinterpret her own history as daughter, wife, and mother.
The work of Carolle Bénitah has been published in magazines such as Leica World, Shots Magazine, Photos Nouvelles, Spot, Center for Photography Houston, Foto Noviny, and Lens Culture, among others. Carolle Bénitah was born in Casablanca (Morocco) and graduated from the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne (Paris). Her series Photos-Souvenirs was also selected to exhibit in FotoFest’s 2014 Discoveries of the Meeting Place showcase of past Biennial portfolio reviews.
SELECT COLLECTIONS
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, États-Unis
Museum of Marrakech for Photography and Visual Arts, Marrakech, Maroc
Peabody Essex Museum of Salem, Massachussetts, États-Unis
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, États-Unis
Musée de la photographie de Bievre, France
Centre Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Oaxaca, Mexique
Collection JPMorgan Chase, Art Collection
Sunnhordland Museum, Bergen, Norvège
Leica, Solms, Allemagne
Collection Centre National des Arts Plastiques, France
-Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France
Collection Marin Karmitz, Paris, France
Collection Pierre Borhan, Paris, France
Collection Prince and Princess of the Netherlands
Collection Galila Hollander, Bruxelles, Belgique
Collection Sir Mark Haukhol, Houston, États-Unis
Collection Jan De Bont, Los Angeles, États-Unis
Collection Elaine Goldman, New York, États-Unis
Collection Joe Baio, New York, États-Unis
Collection Professor Cees Dam, Hollande
Collection of Nion McEvoy, États-Unis
Marianne Participation - Collection de Mr VIALATEL
