Shimmers
Photo Editions - 2024
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“the way the light shimmers on the surface and the dark flip side of it all”
Shimmers by Alison McCauley features an enigmatic sequence of images captured in the Côte d’Azur between 2013 and 2023. The Côte d’Azur is a destination that’s invaded by visitors and tourists year upon year. It offers a hedonistic lifestyle that attracts many in search of escapism, pleasure and fast money; a great deal happens in the shadows here.
“While working on this series, I often had a quote from Somerset Maugham in my head. He referred to the French Riviera as ‘a sunny place for shady people.’ This connected with what I saw and felt. It’s this contrast between the beautiful, shimmering surfaces and the dark, flip side that intrigues me. Shimers is my love letter to this place … but it’s a pragmatic, eyes wide open kind of love.”
Anywhere But Here
Photo Editions - 2021
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In anywhere but here, Alison McCauley expresses the restless feeling that has haunted her throughout her life: that the place she is in isn’t where she should be, and a conviction that the next place will be better. Taken from 2008 to present, these images—taken in various locations around the world—are a deeply personal reflection of the artist’s emotions, photography being a cathartic means of coming to terms with her constant desire to move. As someone who has always led a semi-nomadic lifestyle, McCauley seeks to explore the idea of not belonging.
Photo Editions - 2024
“the way the light shimmers on the surface and the dark flip side of it all”
Shimmers by Alison McCauley features an enigmatic sequence of images captured in the Côte d’Azur between 2013 and 2023. The Côte d’Azur is a destination that’s invaded by visitors and tourists year upon year. It offers a hedonistic lifestyle that attracts many in search of escapism, pleasure and fast money; a great deal happens in the shadows here.
“While working on this series, I often had a quote from Somerset Maugham in my head. He referred to the French Riviera as ‘a sunny place for shady people.’ This connected with what I saw and felt. It’s this contrast between the beautiful, shimmering surfaces and the dark, flip side that intrigues me. Shimers is my love letter to this place … but it’s a pragmatic, eyes wide open kind of love.”
Anywhere But Here
Photo Editions - 2021
In anywhere but here, Alison McCauley expresses the restless feeling that has haunted her throughout her life: that the place she is in isn’t where she should be, and a conviction that the next place will be better. Taken from 2008 to present, these images—taken in various locations around the world—are a deeply personal reflection of the artist’s emotions, photography being a cathartic means of coming to terms with her constant desire to move. As someone who has always led a semi-nomadic lifestyle, McCauley seeks to explore the idea of not belonging.
Another Cannes
Carnet d'Art Editions - 2018
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Through 56 unconventional black and white photos, Alison McCauley shows her distinctive and offbeat view of the Cannes Film Festival. Walking the streets, rubbing shoulders with the famous on the redcarpet or letting chance lead her in the streets of Cannes, Alison captures the essence of this global rendezvous of cinema.
Carnet d'Art Editions - 2018
Through 56 unconventional black and white photos, Alison McCauley shows her distinctive and offbeat view of the Cannes Film Festival. Walking the streets, rubbing shoulders with the famous on the redcarpet or letting chance lead her in the streets of Cannes, Alison captures the essence of this global rendezvous of cinema.
Temps d'attente-Tant de vie
Hospice general - 2016
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This book tells the stories of asylum seekers in Geneva, though photographs and the words of the asylum seekers themselves.
Hospice general - 2016
This book tells the stories of asylum seekers in Geneva, though photographs and the words of the asylum seekers themselves.
Dancing with a Cobra
IPA MZ Editions - 2018
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In the beginning of 2016, I moved back to South-East Asia, where I spent my earliest years. This has brought back half-forgotten feelings and hazy memories. Coming back has given me the perfect opportunity to explore these early childhood memories that differ so much from those collected from later periods of my life. As a child I remembered events or details that my adult self would probably find unremarkable and the big life events that an adult might consider important have long disappeared from my memory. There are many memories that probably weren’t formed at the time of the incident, but implanted from stories people told years after the event, like my supposed memory of Lee Kuan Yew’s heartfelt, tearful announcement after Singapore had been expelled from the Federation. I’m sure I was too young to remember this moment in history.
IPA MZ Editions - 2018
In the beginning of 2016, I moved back to South-East Asia, where I spent my earliest years. This has brought back half-forgotten feelings and hazy memories. Coming back has given me the perfect opportunity to explore these early childhood memories that differ so much from those collected from later periods of my life. As a child I remembered events or details that my adult self would probably find unremarkable and the big life events that an adult might consider important have long disappeared from my memory. There are many memories that probably weren’t formed at the time of the incident, but implanted from stories people told years after the event, like my supposed memory of Lee Kuan Yew’s heartfelt, tearful announcement after Singapore had been expelled from the Federation. I’m sure I was too young to remember this moment in history.
