About Michelle
I didn't expect to become a photographer.
I spent much of my career working in human rights —
in Haiti, Rwanda and Bosnia.
Now, I’m a photographer based in Worcestershire.
On the surface, those two worlds couldn't feel more different.
But I think they're connected by the same thing:
people, stories and what we don't always see at first.
Photography wasn't planned.
But really, it had always been there.
My maman was an amazing photographer in Paris.
Growing up, I loved looking through her contact sheets —
watching women change from one frame to the next.
Not because they became someone else.
But because she helped them feel
bien dans leur peau —
good in their skin.
I didn’t realise it then,
but I carried it with me.
My human rights work taught me
to listen — to pay attention, and
to notice what isn't always said.
My maman showed me what photography could do:
how it could gently change the
way a woman sees herself.
And that's what I try to create
every time I'm behind the camera.
Many women I photograph say
some version of the same thing
before their shoot:
"I'm not confident in photos."
"I won't know what to do."
And honestly… that's completely normal.
Because confidence isn’t always
something you arrive with.
Sometimes it starts to appear
when you begin to feel
supported, relaxed and
more like yourself.
That's the thread running through it all:
helping women feel more like themselves
in front of the camera.
Featured in Business Direction
I was recently featured in the
Herefordshire & Worcestershire
Chamber of Commerce business magazine, sharing the story of my journey from
human rights to photography —
and the thread that connects it all:
people, stories and helping women feel seen.
