Architecture: An Approach to Space

Life is full of spatial geometry.  The beauty of everyday life—in the ubiquity of rhythms, symmetries, and asymmetries—is built on combinations of lines, contrasts, shapes, and dynamics. 

My focus is on the power of the elements in and of themselves.  I observe the environment in/under/on all its facets. Light shapes the volumes on its own, as if it were carrying them. The modernity of the space is revealed.  I feel a deep connection to minimalism and simplicity.  Sometimes, figures “inhabit” my photographs. They bring energy and movement to the stillness of the architectural elements.  This raises the question of the human relationship with—or human intervention in—space.  What place does the human being occupy in their environment?  What place does the environment occupy in our lives?

The series  Street Photography  is a work of spontaneity.  Black and white comes naturally to my photographs, which, in my view, allows me to focus on what’s essential. Taken on the spot, my photographs offer a social dimension, blending photojournalism with humanistic photography. A quest for beauty through capturing the unexpected.  People are present everywhere, directly or indirectly. On the street, they are anonymous.  My work explores our habits, our daily lives, and our lifestyles.  It depicts scenes of everyday life through minimalist compositions, an approach that requires “quick” observation of striking scenes.  This exercise explores immediacy, spontaneity, and speed: the contemporary concept of time.  The aim is to immortalize, to freeze a flurry of activity, a unique moment within the familiar context of our lives.

The series  Childhood aims to rediscover the subject’s original “face”—perhaps that of an infant—and its innocence, to rescue it from its natural state.  Some photographs reveal a sensitivity to the subject’s inner personality, as an “absolute being.”  He pouts, sneezes, hurts himself, plays, laughs… The photograph captures an image that reveals a truth about the child being photographed. He is raw, spontaneous, and offers us unadulterated beauty.  Face to face.  My work, through interaction with the subject, reveals not only the person but also our encounter. The child knows he is being photographed. A game then develops between us.  My photographs, in the form of poetic identification, depict the profound inner world that inhabits the subject.  The subject is neither shaped nor corrupted by the outside world. They therefore have the opportunity, in this space and at this moment, to be themselves.  An opportunity to be seen and recognized through a gaze.