Mathilde de l’Ecotais explores the relationship between human beings and the living world through matter, light and water in all her work.
A former photojournalist (AFP, Sigma, Sipa), she now reworks photographic processes—macro, cyanotype and video—to reveal the hidden poetry of the organic world.
A designer of sensory experiences, alongside her artistic practice, Mathilde imagines spaces and objects that extend her universe: restaurants, living spaces, installations and scenographies. Her creations—notably for ONOR, Le Bouillon du Coq, the Mondrian and Onepoint—express a search for balance between aesthetics, sustainability and emotion.
Each project becomes an ecosystem, an experience of beauty and truth.
Bridging creativity and commitment, she is a photographer and director of short programmes and advertising films, and founded Media Social Factory with Thierry Marx, a free school that trains, over 10 weeks, young people who have dropped out of school and women undergoing career retraining.
Her work, exhibited in France and internationally, celebrates the beauty of a changing world… and its fragility.
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Portrait of Mathilde by Romain
In 2018, Mathilde de l’Ecotais and Thierry Marx created "Media Social Factory", an innovative school inspired by the Cuisine Mode d’Emploi(s) model.
Over 11 weeks, it trains young people who are unemployed or have dropped out of school in imaging and digital communications, primarily for social media. Entirely free and without public funding, the programme is based on the principle of « learning by doing », placing practice and experience at the heart of learning.
Recognised as being in the public interest, the association is supported by private companies that commission reports, photographs, videos and interviews. With an 89% return-to-work rate, Media Social Factory has established itself as a committed force in youth training and employment integration.
