The Minster Gallery in Winchester is hosting the first UK exhibition of internationally renowned photographer Laurence de Vogüé, for a month from Thursday.

Laurence de Vogüé, who was born in Paris in 1976, has exhibited in galleries in Paris and Brussels and contributed to collections in France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and the United States. She studied at the American University in Paris, Berkeley University in the USA and Cambridge University in the UK.

Ines Graham, owner of The Minster Gallery, said: “It is our first photographic exhibition and we are delighted to be presenting Laurence de Vogüé’s work. Her photographs show so well the world we move in, colours or black and white, from monumental architecture to the smallest detail, her instinctive framing of a shot brings humour, joy and sometimes simply contemplation.”

She continued: “We believe Laurence’s work will appeal to British collectors, as it has to those in France and Belgium, because of her unique style and technique and wonderful sense of subjects and colours. Her sensitivity and intuition enable her to meet the challenge of painting with light.”

Acknowledging that people often describe her photographs as being like paintings, Laurence de Vogüé said: “I paint with light. My camera is my brush. My canvas is the building, the people, the landscape or seascape around me. My paint is the light.”

Painting With Light: A Vibrant Journey, an exhibition of work by Laurence de Vogüé, is at The Minster Gallery in Great Minster Street from November 1- to December 10.