Véronique Kolber

I photograph what’s already there: the quiet, the strange, the beautiful, the forgotten. My work moves between fiction and memory, documentary and daydream.

I’m drawn to what lingers: a faded room, a sleepless night, the way light falls on a stranger’s back. Whether through self-portraits, objects found in passing, or street scenes, I use photography to explore how we hold time - and how time holds us.

For me, photography is not just about documenting. It’s about transformation. Reality is bendable. Through my world of colours and time, I reinterpret the ordinary. I return to my archive often - images taken long ago resurface, shift meaning, connect to something new. I don’t aim to simply capture what’s there, but to shape something personal and quietly strange.

My work is influenced by memory, perception, and the stories we carry - shaped also by the films I love, by music, and by literature. My images aren’t meant to explain. They’re fragments. Echoes of moments that stayed with me.

You see what I feel.