A philosophical QUEST

France Bourely is explorer and photographer of the nanospace. She calls herself  a contemplative biologist.

Winner of the Honeywell International Scientific Competition, she received her doctorate in pharmaceutical studies from the university of Paris, and a master in plant biology from UC Berkeley, California.

Passionate about photography, it was at Berkeley that she first discovered the scanning electronic microscope, using it for her research into the origin of forms. Winner of a Leitz photographic prize, she has learned black & white silver printing with Fevre, the favorite developper of Cartier-Bresson. She chose to apply her scientific knowledge to the art of the invisible, a largely unexplored and beautifull territory.

30 years of experience, on different generations of electron microscopes
Zeiss Gemini 300

From the manual electron microscope with cathode ray screen in Berkeley,
to the super sophisticated Gemini Zeiss , CIME-EPFL in 2022

EXHIBITIONS / PRESS

Since 2020, France Bourely Started again her main passion: to reveal the art of the invisible. A passion for which she had already presented photographies in more than 25 international exhibits. (Paris, Rencontres d’Arles, New-York, Rome, Spoleto, New Delhi, Geneva, Prague,). A long time advocate of nature’s fragility, she intends to continue her mission, by dedicating herself to raise consciousness about the beauty of the Nano-space

HIDDEN BEAUTY, MICROWORLDS REVEALED

France Bourély can be described as a philosopher, a scientist, an artist, and a navigator all at once. This amazing book opens the door to a hidden paradise, revealing the startling beauty of the microscopic dimension that surrounds us all. By transporting us to the lands of the unseen, Bourély seeks to awaken our senses and transform the way we perceive our infinitely complex and always harmonious universe.

Abrams publisher

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Souvenir of an exhibition