Beyond everything, still human.
Morpho is questioning both conceptual and traditional sides of the ultra interbreed of our contemporary society today. Each portrait is a merged impression of two individuals opposed by their gender and ethnicity. With identities being woven through an infinite array of webs, how do we answer the unanimous question: «Who am I?»
A disturbing and equivocal serie by the French photographer Marie Chatard

MORPHO

Nymphs were mythological creatures , the embodied spirits of nature in the forms of young and delicious women. They were associated with love, sensuality and freedom and, in effect, were symbolic foils to the rigours and exigencies of civilizations, providing life and blessings to all existing beings.

Women are often associated with nature and wilderness as beings beyond the control of civilization. We are dealing with patriarchal society where wilderness and nature and such are seen as outside
of culture. Witches queens, priestesses, nymphs always have been admired and feared for their strenght and intelligence but they only are myths... in 2016, the context of women’s place in our society is still a big deal. Women are not just sexual objects or mothers. There is plenty more within us. Like water we are inherent and we transform. Not only pristine, clear water exists. This series are an ode to women’s grace, strength and diversity. Like nymphs in the Greek mythology we all have special gifts, and like them together we are stronger!! 

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