Description: (French Writer, Photographer, Installation Artist, and Conceptual Artist)
Sophie Calle is a well-known French artist celebrated for her exploration of human vulnerability, identity, and intimacy through various mediums such as writing, photography, and installations. Influenced by the Oulipo literary movement, her work often features self-imposed rules and limitations. Calle is distinguished for her investigative, detective-like approach to strangers and their private lives. She has shared her expertise in film and photography through teaching roles at institutions like the European Graduate School, University of California, San Diego, and Mills College. Calle's art has been showcased at prestigious venues globally, and she has been honored with accolades such as being shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and receiving the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship.