Amandine Paulandré’s Parisian Love Affair

Twenty-two year-old photographer Amandine Paulandré is using her studies of philosophy at La Sorbonne to delve deep into the psyches of her enigmatic subjects in the hazy 35mm photos that make up a large portion of her online portfolio.

Her portraits (of both her friends and celebrities like Azealia Banks, who she recently shot for an issue of VICE STYLE) are inquisitive and intimate, inviting us to experience mood changes and personal explorations from the other side of the world.

Amandine started taking pictures at a very young age, as a bored 8 year old living in a small village in a ski resort. The plan to give their daughter a creative outlet kind of backfired on her parents though, as Amandine had a habit of quickly depleting rolls of film and “they got a bit pissed off that they were always paying for the development of photos of my cat.”

Apart from her feline friends—who still feature occasionally in her pictures—Amandine’s work is focussed exclusively on her two greatest loves; the natural environment and people that surround her.

“I would like my images to be telling that the person [in it] and I are friends, that they feel comfortable with me. I try my best to let them do what they want. I try to focus on what makes a good image, like the lighting, the pose, the framing…I get tired very easily so I never shoot for very long;  one hour is the maximum I can do with keeping in mind a sense of aesthetic. My images translate my emotionality, my romanticism, my girly mind, my love for space… I suppose this is what I am and I sometimes find it to be transcribed into my images.”

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