Jean-Michel ANDRE (born 1976) Photography | Borders #51 | Borders series, 2016-2020 Pigment print on Fine Art Hahnemühle paper 60 cm x 90 cm Artist's proof numbered 1/2 TITLE Borders #51, date 2019 Jean-Michel André, courtesy galerie Sit Down Sold unframed Jean-Michel André was born in Nantes in 1976. After graduating from the Ecole des Gobelins in 2000, he pursued his creative photographic work at the crossroads of plastic and documentary readings. His approach is based on a political and poetic vision of the territory, questioning its limits, memory and evolution. He also explores the notion of circulation, particularly that of economic, financial and migratory flows. His work is shown in exhibitions, residencies and publications in France and abroad. He is a member of the Sit Down gallery in Paris. In 2021, his Borders project is published by Actes Sud and exhibited at the Rencontres d'Arles and Paris Photo. In 2022, Jean-Michel André is one of the winners of the Grande commande nationale sponsored by the BnF and the French Ministry of Culture for his project À bout de souffle, which is awarded the Prix Maison Blanche in 2023. Maison Blanche prize. Chambre 207, his latest creation, will be published by Actes Sud and exhibited in autumn 2024 at the Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse, Lille, by the Institut pour la photographie and the Centre méditerranéen de la photographie. His work is part of the collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the Fondation Neuflize OBC, the Maison des arts du Léman and numerous private collections.