In Between Gallery: Summer Street Party, Merthyr Vale (2018)
Clémintine Schneidermann & Charlotte James
Clémentine Schneidermann is a French photographer. Based in South Wales, she has developed several personal photography projects engaging with local communities. Charlotte James is a creative director from Merthyr Tydfil, collaborating with her local community and working across fashion and creative direction.
About The Artist
Clémentine Schneidermann is a French photographer and educator based between Wales and France. She holds an MA in documentary photography from the University of South Wales and has recently completed a practice-based PhD at the University of South Wales. She is interested in new approaches in documentary photography through engagement and creativity. She published her first monograph, I Called her Lisa Marie in 2018 (Chose Commune) created over a five-year period between Memphis and South Wales focused around the figure of Elvis Presley. Alongside her personal projects she also regularly collaborates with fashion magazines such as Vogue Italia, Dazed and Self Service. She is a co-founder of Ffasiwn Stiwdio.
Charlotte James is a Creative Director, filmmaker, and educator from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. Since 2014 Charlotte has been focused on making work that is socially engaged with community participation. She is interested in exploring different avenues in order to collaborate with communities through fashion, film, creative workshops for youth working alongside photographer and educator Clémentine Schneidermann on their long term project “it's called ffasiwn”. Charlotte's upbringing and the people she grew up around have had a massive influence upon her work. In homage to her youth, a large portion of her work has been made in her hometown, featuring family, friends, and locals to the area. Charlotte’s personal work has led her on commercial collaborations through creative direction, styling, casting, and filmmaking for BBC New Creatives, Ace & Tate, Gucci, Helmut Lang, and Sony Music.
