statement
Photography and motion pictures, are to me the same as breathing, like a heartbeat. More than a necessity. Somehow, it enables me to talk about my fear that torments deep inside, maybe to be more at peace with myself, to be more accepted by others. That's what I hope for. It helps to understand the world I live in. What else could I do? I have never thought of any other possibilities....An Artist has a desire to produce things and he pursues this desire. He's able to deal with the world in a special way . The aim is to connect with it differently and to question certain things taken for granted.
" Refusing to see the world like it is, I try to create an altered state of reality with its own codes "
It is often said that photography has a memory function. But it's not my state of mind, any more.... I make few photos to remember what I saw and I prefer to remember the things for myself. That's what really matters. Photography is not about what I see, it's about what I feel. I find inspiration in my journeys
( towns and landscapes ) but also in my everyday life. My works are not a representation (reproduction) of the existing world but the construction of my own world. I try to create a personal space with it's own codes , what the filmmakers and the semiologists call «diagèse . As a final result, my works are devoid of characters.
I'm in a process of experimentation , deconstruction and reconstruction . I select certain details, reproduce them and reject others like cities and buildings for example. Working with black and white I often try to create dark, ambiguous, mysterious and frosty atmospheres... I'm influenced by Stieglitz, Crewdson, French Pictoralism, to name a few.
Most of the time, I use several techniques, including argentic photography and digital photography. The digital production I engage in can not and does not have to be conceived as a single pure medium. Unlike artists who work exclusively on and through the Web, the following images exist outside of the digital system which produced them... In this way it's also possible to keep photography for what it is. Also I like to mix my photography with other techniques, such as pastel. The question of time and space is equally important- modern techniques allow me to work with several layers within a single artwork. That way I can define a new temporality to the image.
According to critics, my works are pleasantly thought provoking and extreme although accessible, at least for the moment. It's also important that the audience feel challenged by what I do. I think that an artwork exists because it can engage with someone. Viewers are never mentally still in front if my photographs, at least that's what I'm trying to achieve.
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