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Hélène Mauri
art photographer, museum design
helene.mauri@gmail.com
A graduate of the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière in Paris with a degree in photography, I am a freelance photographer specializing in studio photography of artworks and exhibition photography. After working as a photographer at the Musée des Arts et Métiers and the Centre Pompidou, I developed expertise in the reproduction of artworks in a photography studio.
At the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris, my responsibilities included photographing technical heritage objects and exhibition displays. In particular, I contributed to the exhibition catalogs for *Machine à dessiner* and *Meilleurs Ouvriers de France*.
As a photographer at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, I have photographed works from all the collections of the Museum of Modern Art (paintings, photographs, design, modern and contemporary art, graphic arts, architecture) both in the photography studio and on-site within the museum’s galleries. I photographed works by great masters such as Picasso, Chagall, Kandinsky, Matisse, Delaunay, Kupka, and others.
I contributed to the imagery for the exhibition catalog of Germaine Richier and Gérard Garouste, whom I photographed in his studio. My assignments included photographing exhibitions both within the museum and off-site.
I currently work as a freelance photographer, collaborating regularly with museums, galleries, and public and private collections, including Galerie des Galeries and the Hartung-Bergman Foundation. Since 2020, I have been a photographer for the Fonds d’art contemporain – Paris Collections.
As a nurse and photographer, I lead projects, take photographs, and explore the hospital and healthcare environments in particular. I am the founder of the photography project If There Were Only One Image carried out at the Institut Curie in Paris, in collaboration with the association Être-là Grand Paris and supported by the Dominique and Tom Alberici Endowment Fund,the Mireille and Pierre Landrieu Foundation, and the Fondation de France. I am the author of the photo book If There Were Only One Image published by LOCO.
My artistic practice focuses on capturing landscapes and the built environment, as well as on the concept of commissioned photography. I founded the website Points de Fuite, created in collaboration with Pierre Vedovato and Bastien Colmard.
As a professional drone pilot, I take aerial photographs of landscapes and the built environment.
European Professional Drone Pilot: Scenarios A1, A2, A3, STS-01, and STS-02, 2025
Inter-University Diploma in Palliative Care, Catholic University of Lille, Summa Cum Laude, 2018
University Diploma in Palliative Care, Catholic University of Lille, 2015
Diploma from the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière, Master’s Degree in Photography, Summa Cum Laude, Saint-Denis, 2013
State-Certified Nursing Degree, Rouen, 2007
Chromie, ENS Louis Lumière, 2023
Photographing the Invisible: Theory and Practice of Photography Under Infrared and Ultraviolet Light, the Kirlian Effect, Gobelins, School of Image, 2022
Piloting a Drone in the Media and Communications Sector / Advanced Aerial Photography, Télépilote SAS, 2021
Photography in the Service of Museology, ENSP Arles, 2020
Advanced Retouching for Photographers, Gobelins, School of Image, Paris 2018
From Digital Imprints to 3D Modeling, National Heritage Institute, 2017
Awareness of Preventive Conservation, National Heritage Institute, 2016
Lead and Mercury Training, National Heritage Institute, 2016
If There Were Only One Image, LOCO Publishing, Paris, 2021
Winner of the Poster Award at the AFSOS National Congress, 2019
Recipient of the Fondation de France’s Déclics Jeunes Grants, 2016
Winner of the First Prize for Creativity, French Society for Support and Palliative Care (SFAP), 2016
Recipient of the Any d’Avray Special Nursing Award, 2016
Winner of the Wall For European Young Talents competition in the nature and environment category, 2011
Art Brut, in the Intimacy of a Collection. The Decharme Donation to the Centre Pompidou, Editions du Centre Pompidou, 2025
The Contemporary Art Collection – Paris Collections, on display at Art Paris, 2025
Germaine Richier: Life and Work, Silvana Editions, 2024
Germaine Richier, Centre Pompidou, 2023
Gérard Garouste, Centre Pompidou, 2022
Prints and Multiples, Cornette de Saint Cyr AuctionHouse , Paris, 2019
Derain, Balthus, Giacometti: A Friendship Among Artists, MAPFRE Foundation, 2018
The Emotional Work of Hospital Caregivers by Catherine Mercadier, Seli Arslan Publishing, 2017
Les Meilleurs Ouvriers de France, Skira Publishing / Musée des Arts et Métiers, 2017
Machine à dessiner, Schuiten and Peeters, Casterman Publishing, 2016
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The End-of-Life Debate Returns to Parliament (…) Article by Béatrice Jérôme, Le Monde, April 10, 2025
In the Île-de-France region, doctors providing emergency end-of-life care, Article by Béatrice Jérôme, Le Monde, February 12, 2023
In Puteaux, palliative care aims to be a “place to live,” not a “place to die,” Article by Béatrice Jérôme, Le Monde, April 9, 2021
Hélène Mauri: photos for the enjoyment of patients at the end of life, Le Progrès, 2018
Hélène Mauri, nurse and photographer, Rose Magazine, 2018
“Valéria, Weaver of Self,” Rose Magazine, 2018
If There Were Only One Image, L’oeil de la Photographie, 2012
Through the Eyes of Patients,L’infirmière magazine, July 2017
Heroes of the Year 2016, NEON Magazine, December 2016
If There Were Only One Image, Curie Institute Journal, September 2016
The Any d’Avray Prize for a project initiated at the Curie Institute, Curie Institute of Paris, 2016
Travel à la carte, L’Oeil de la Photographie, 2014
Hélène Mauri, the true reflection, Paris Normandie, 2013
Impressed reflections, Paris Normandie, 2013
An Aquatic Universe, Le Havre Presse, 2013
Rivages, the magazine of the Conservatoire du Littoral, July–August 2012
Official Catalog of the 2012 César Awards
Photographing Water, Compétence Photo No. 24
Les Massues Palliative Care Unit, Lyon, 2022
Sotteville-lès-Rouen Library, 2022
Valpré Convention Center, Ecully, 2018
National Congress of the French Society for Palliative Care (SFAP), Tours, 2017
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Hospital in Lille, 2016
Forum of Associations, Institut Curie, Paris, 2016
Rothschild Hospital, Paris, 2018
Saint-Maurice Hospitals, 2017
Salon Infirmier, Porte de Versailles, Paris, 2014
Avicenne Hospital, Bobigny, 2014
Nursing Training Institute of the Nantes University Hospital, 2013
Salon Infirmier, Porte de Versailles, Paris, 2012
Regional Training Center for Health Professions, Rouen, 2012
Saint Julien Hospital, Petit-Quevilly, 2012
Singular Artists in Plural, 19th Contemporary Art Fair, Les Damps, 2014
Espace Mezcla, contemporary art gallery, Rouen, 2013
SNCF Train Station, Montivilliers, 2013
Messages portés, in collaboration with Sokina Guillemot and Soline d’Aboville, Showroom Procédés Chénel, Vanves, 2023
The Still Journey, La Galerie d’Image(s), Boulogne-Billancourt, 2019
“Zoom Your City,” Objectif Photo, Le Pari(s) des enfants, Cent-Quatre, Paris, 2016
Mirrored Territories, 46th Salon de l’Atelier Normand Création, Halle aux Toiles, Rouen, 2016
“Where Are You?”, Objectif Photo, Le Pari(s) des enfants, Cent-Quatre, Paris, 2015
Ruptures, 45th Salon de l’Atelier Normand Création, Halle aux Toiles, Rouen, 2015
Exp(l)osition, exhibition by the Nova Rupta collective, Maison des Ensembles, Paris, 2014
Young Talent, exhibition by the Nova Rupta collective, Espace 111, Montreuil, 2013
In Extremis, video projection of the Points de Fuite website, Point Ephémère, Paris, 2012
Sous les pas, exhibition of the winners of the Wall For competition, Cassis, 2011
Acts of Care: Photography, Chair of Philosophy at Hôpital l’Hôtel Dieu (APHP, ENS), Paris, December 2022
Care with a Difference: Creativity and Artistic Approaches in Palliative Care Units, Centre Hospitalier des Massues, Lyon, October 2022
Discussion on the project “If There Were Only One Image,” Sotteville-lès-Rouen Library, February 2022
2nd Ethical Anthropology Day, FrenchSociety of Palliative Care, Roundtable: “The Role of Caregivers and Volunteers in Supporting Patients’ Freedom and Creativity”2022
If There Were Only One Image, Saint-Vincent-de-PaulHospital , Lille, December 2016
If There Were Only One Image, a photographic project, SFAP Congress, Workshop D6, 2016
Curie Institute Associations Forum, 2015
School-based artist, Maison du Geste et de l’Image, Paris, 2014–2016
Public Relations Assistant at the Centre Photographique d’Ile-de-France, Pontault-Combault, 2013
Artist-in-residence in schools, Maison des Arts de Grand-Quevilly, 2013
Creation of “La boîte à paysage,” photographic project by Pôle Image Haute-Normandie, 2012
Mirrored Territory, photography commission with Pôle Image Haute-Normandie as part of the practical component of the thesis at ENS Louis-Lumière, 2013
La Pointe du Verdon, photography commission for the Conservatoire du Littoral, Paris, 2012
> If There Were Only One Image: A Photographic Initiative Combining Being, Doing, and a Commitment to Care –DIUSP Thesis, Catholic University of Lille, Summa Cum Laude, 2018
> Web Editor for theDATAR Photographic Mission website, 2013
> Photographing the Territory. Commissions from regional photography centers in France. Comparative study: the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Regional Photography Center, the Pôle Image Haute-Normandie –Research thesis supervised by Ms. Raphaële Bertho, Master’s 2 at ENS Louis-Lumière, Photography Section, Summa Cum Laude, 2013
