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Charlotte Rainville (she/her) is a photographer based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Her practice focuses on visually translating and celebrating the ephemeral nature of human existence and its interactions with light through digestible images. Rainville does this by recording and re-enacting her interactions with nature, daily rituals, and loved ones. She holds a BFA in Photography and Psychology from Concordia University and has also studied at San Francisco State University. Her work has been exhibited in Montreal, Berlin, and Kuala Lumpur, earning her multiple Concordia FASA grants (2020-2022), the ILYSM Grant (2021), and recognition in the Kuala Lumpur International Portrait Prize (2020). Currently, Rainville is working on the production and publishing of Vista, an artist's book and exhibition.

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Through photography's power to subjectively fix details, I strive to visually piece together, preserve, and honour the fleeting, intangible essence of being alive. I seek to translate, deconstruct, and hold onto the sublime moments found in my surroundings. My practice is a direct visual response to my preoccupation with the perishability of relationships, phases of euphoria, time spent outdoors and the splendour of the mundane.

Interwoven with sequencing as a storytelling device, my portrayals of loved ones, still life scenes, and landscapes evoke a narrative inspired by kinship, intimacy, and teleological reflections. Fascinated by the transient interaction between subjects and light, physically and energetically, I also aim to capture light’s short-lived ethereal radiance, using it as a motif in my work.