Metka Vergnion

Metka Vergnion is a Slovenia-born, Swiss adopted, Paris-educated artist who has a degree in photography and cinema from the Louis Lumière School; she is currently based in Lisbon.
Her father, renowned Slovenian artist, photographer, and pedagogue introduced Vergnion to photography early on. What began as a childhood game, later captivated her and became her medium of artistic expression.

Leveraging photography as a tool to visualize concrete ideas, Vergnion’s work is a direct reflection of her personal impressions and interactions. This connectivity is evident in her early black and white series of auto-portraits; her ideas first materialized in the darkroom – the laboratory where the basic photographic language changes form and becomes one of the fine arts.

Apart from exploring with black and white techniques, Vergnion transforms the image further in her series by adding color. The intensive, unusual color combinations and contrasts enhance the luminous and tonal transitions of her black and white photography. Her mixed medium approach distills and emphasizes certain aspects of the photograph, adding new dimensions, and drawing the viewer into a deeper engagenment with the work.