About Corinne

My interest in visual storytelling and technology started early: at the age of 7, I taught myself how to program the family VHS recorder. I would pore over electronics flyers every week, dreaming of the latest and greatest gadgets the 1990s had to offer. At the age of ten, a dream came true when I received my first camera, a point-and-shoot Carena Top AF35M.

I excitedly captured everything in sight, filling roll after roll of film, which my mum would drop off at the supermarket during our weekly shopping trip. Every week I would wait eagerly for the images, only to be bitterly disappointment when the lab had left thick black marker lines on the prints to say that my pictures were improperly exposed or out of focus.

Growing up in a small town without access to photographic education made it hard to grow as a photographer. When early digital cameras arrived, their technical limitations combined with my lack of technical knowledge became an insurmountable hurdle, and my joy turned into frustration.

After a degree in English literature and linguistics and a career in the financial IT sector, I came back to photography. Armed with the research skills I acquired at university, and access to limitless photography education, I quickly surpassed the hurdles that had felled my younger self’s passion.

I still enjoy gadgets and gear. My studio is filled with all sorts of tech, but the tech is only a tool that helps me bring my images to life. It’s the photographer, that makes the image, not the camera.

My still life images are bright and joyful, minimalist with clean lines, limited in colour, but never muted.

In my portrait work, I am exploring niches, but have not found my home yet.

I draw a lot of inspiration from art. Since 2021, I have been a proud ambassador of Swiss Museumspass, a program that encourages photographers to bring their cameras to museums and to capture the cultural and artistic heritage of the country’s many museums.

The inspiration behind my still life work is often a trip to the supermarket, where a flash of colour draws my eye and sparks ideas that I just have to capture with my camera.

I am happiest when I close my studio door, tune out the world, turn on the kettle, breathe for a moment, and start working on new images.