You´re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn´t lose it.

Robin Williams

Isabelle M. Coordes

Ordinary Street Life and Other Oddities - this is what I am capturing in my pictures and this is what keeps on fascinating me every time I am out for a stroll with my camera. I am always on the lookout for the little spark of madness - or magic - in the ordinary moments.

Whereas my regular job and my vibrant family life involves a lot of talking, I enjoy the silence when I’m out in the streets. Photography helps me to focus my attention on the present moment and to forget about everything else, capturing the world how I perceive it - one moment, one shot, one step at a time.

I believe in the power of connection. Together, we can be the change we want to see in the world. This is why I am an ambassador for the international 24hourproject.

I am an active member, curator and Social Media Manager at Progressive Street, a community of international photographers dedicated to the visual narrative of the street.

If you enjoy my work, feel free to connect with me. I am available for projects.

Exhibitions

2025

  • Mexico Street Photo Fest

    International Group Exhibition 100 Years - 100 Women, 24.10.-24.11.25, Queretaro, Mexico.

  • Moments of Life. Treviso Photographic Festival, International Group Exhibition and Festival organized by LAB77 associazione, 05.09.-25.09.25, Treviso, Italy.

  • FACES - The Contemporary Portrait

    13.-14.06.25, Palazzo Giureconsulti, Milano, Italy

  • Progressive Photography Show, International Group Exhibition, 09.-11.05.25, Via Monsignor Filippo Ganucci, 3, Livorno, Italy.

  • Seen by Her. A Women’s Street Photography Exhibition, 19.04.-18.05.25, Doss Photo Gallery, Ratu Plaza,

    Jakarta, Indonesia.

  • 24hourproject International Group Exhibition, 03.-13.04.25, Kunstvilla tbd, Ehrenbergstr.25, Hamburg, Germany (Juror and Curator).

2024

  • Cities by Night - International Group Exhibition, 27.-30.12.24,

    Galleria dei Miracoli, Via Del Corso 528, Rome, Italy.

  • Krem de Photographie - International Group Exhibition, 16.-21.12.24, La Galerie Ephemere, 2 rue Paul Lafargue, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France.

  • Trieste Photo Days. International Photography Festival, 25.-27.10. + 1.-3-11.24, Trieste, Italy

  • Happening Happenstance

    International group exhibition curated by Everything is Ephemere and Noice Magazine, ephemere gallery, 24. - 25.08.24, Tokyo, Japan

  • 100 Years - 100 Women. A Street Photography Exhibition curated by Latife Baudet, 19.06. - 28.06.2024, Paris, France

  • Familiar Strangers - Portrait Photography,

    International group exhibition, ephemere gallery,

    20.04.- 28.04.24, Tokyo, Japan

  • Xposure International Photography Festival, 28.02.-05.03.24, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

2023

  • Effestival 4.0 Street Photography Festival, 14.-18.12.23, Anagni, Italy

  • Ballarat International Foto Biennale, 28.08.-22.10.23, Ballarat, Australia

Festivals

Publications

  • In Amber Shades, Her Side of the Street 11/24. https://medium.com/her-side-of-the-street/in-amber-shades-a108eafdf311

  • The Female Gaze: GirlGaze No. 6: On the Unique Vision of Female Photographers - Women on the Streets, written by Diana N. Jeon in: FRAME Magazine, published 29.10.24.

    https://www.readframes.com/

  • Street Surprises, Her Side of the Street, 03/24.

    https://medium.com/her-side-of-the-street/street-surprises-444dc3314f68

  • Street Shooters of February 2024, Street Photography Magazine, 02/24

    https://streetphotographymagazine.com/street-shooters-of-february-2024/

  • Youve got a Message, Her Side of the Street, 12/23 https://medium.com/her-side-of-the-street/youve-got-a-message-b557f5d63291

  • Down Under, Her Side of the Street, 11/23

https://medium.com/her-side-of-the-street/down-under-cf8345d727ec

  • Best Hands, Her Side of the Street, 06/23

https://medium.com/her-side-of-the-street/best-hands-1716befa2608

  • Soul of Street 06/23

  • A Second Look, Her Side of the Street, 01/23

https://medium.com/her-side-of-the-street/a-second-look-f7b9adba4a75

Awards

Finalist Pure Street Photography Grant 2025

Honorable Mentions in the category Street Night Shot, Paris Street Photo Awards 2024

Honorable Mentions in the category Reflections, Paris Street Photo Awards 2023

Online Features

My work has been featured by the following Street Photography Collectives:

Women in Street • Unexposed Collective • Progressive Street • Street Me Up •. Lonewalkers SNP • Eroded Street • Everything is Ephemere • Storytelling and Street Photography • WeGallery • AASP Australian Association of Street Photographers • Street Macadam • Collateral Eyes The Pictorial List Womenstreetphotographers and more.

Network

  • Member, curator and Social Media Manager at Progressive Street

    https://www.progressive-street.com/

  • Member of Unexposed Collective

  • Member of Women in Street

  • Member of Women Street Photographers

  • Ambassador and Curator for 24hourproject.org