"As a child, I was fascinated by The City of Lost Children by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and as a teenager I was drawn to filmmakers such as David Lynch and Michel Gondry, whose imaginative and singular visual worlds have profoundly shaped my sensibility."
"My work reflects my interest in visibility - who is seen, how and under what conditions."
"In these dreamlike, reflective images, Anaïs' performance explores the subject of displacement - as an emotional and psychological state, drawing from personal experience to question notions of home, memory and estrangement."
"Travailleuses du Sexe seeks to tackle the politics of representation head on by collaborating with sex workers to document people in ways that push beyond stereotypes."
Anaïs Kugel's photography is influenced by her childhood fascination with cinema, particularly the works of Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, David Lynch, and Michel Gondry. Her style occupies a space between documentary and fiction, using visual narratives to explore deeper meanings and personal memories. In her self-portrait series, she examines displacement through dreamlike imagery. Kugel's work addresses femininity and agency, emphasizing visibility and representation, particularly in her series with sex workers that challenges stereotypes and highlights their stories.
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