Born in Paris in 1956, Manorack now lives in the Basque Country, where the light and landscapes continue to shape his eye. A self-taught photographer — “and one who has never stopped being so,” he likes to remind — he long worked at the crossroads of press photography, social engagement and artistic expression. In the early 1980s, he collaborated with both local and national media, refining his technique through workshops at Kodak in Sevran (1983) and later in analog development (1985). Between 1986 and 1994, he worked as a corporate photographer and on-site portrait photographer before taking an unexpected turn: training as a special-needs educator.
This detour into the social field was not a parenthesis, but an extension of his vocation: Manorack photographs the world and its people not to seize them, but to understand them better. In the specialized institutions where he worked, he introduced young audiences to photography, even setting up a darkroom in a centre for adolescents with disabilities. Transmission thus became an integral part of his artistic practice.
