EARLY SPARKS

It all began with my father, whose vast artistic and cultural curiosity sparked my love for images early on. At twelve, he gifted me my first compact camera, which I still keep today, followed by a bridge camera at fifteen, worn out from overuse.

Art quickly became my natural ground. In middle and high school, art classes were my refuge, the place where I could express myself freely. Even then, I was searching for other visual languages. At thirteen, I came across a documentary about photo studios. A revelation, the promise of a world waiting to be invented.

That same year, I discovered Japan, its culture, fashion, and rock scene. It felt freer, bolder, as if it carried a different relationship to image, almost avant-garde.

At fourteen, when we were asked to write down our career aspirations, I wrote: “photographer or stylist.” I’d forgotten about that paper until I found it recently, but it already said everything. At seventeen, I dreamed of Arles and photography school, but I was told the profession was too unstable. Reluctantly, I tucked that dream away.

©Charlotte Calluaud

I never truly chose photography: it has simply always been there.

Call Studio has become the space where I gather these visions: a virtual museum of unpromised images.

PARIS, THE STARTING POINT

My journey began in Paris, at the crossroads of graphic design, 3D and art direction. It was there that I realized what truly fascinated me was the image itself — its light, its texture, its silent storytelling power. Photography soon became the heart of my practice.

JAPAN, A REVELATION

After an internship in Luxembourg, I decided to take a break, a gap year in Japan. And everything changed. I discovered a culture where photography is omnipresent and deeply respected. Slowly, I picked up the camera again and rediscovered what made me feel alive. At twenty-seven, I finally took the plunge and joined the Nippon Photography Institute in Tokyo. Two formative, luminous years, perfectly aligned with who I am, that confirmed what I had always known deep down.

NOW

And now? I divide my time between France, Japan, and sometimes, nowhere. My work moves across different visual territories: from fashion to personal storytelling, from product to editorial work and beyond. Always with the same pursuit: open, fragmentary images that embrace imperfection and reveal their own quiet poetry.