“Reflexions on a city”
«faced with the images’ plethora that we daily consume, there are some that need to be tasted, decrypted, need an space and time to enter into and enjoy.»
The city, a manmade creation for his wellbeing, has taken the power over him, and some sort of transformation occurred. From the state of an actor, a space builder, man has become a sort of unconscious victim, single tool, food for «concrete relish». Roles are inverted without any awareness.
The order goes with rentability as well as entertainment. Violence is prohibited or at least channeled; graffiti soon erased, and art confined.
However I like the city as everything is significant. And for those who can read the light, poetry appears from our common everyday life.
These images came from a New York serie that have been shown in 1996 in the American Cultural Center in Brussels.
« going back
New-york City, Mahanttan, 1994 In the middle of the city, people are walking in their own directions. Then I shooted an anonymous man from the street making some urban scenery. From the windows shops in the background, the image let’s us discover a couple of words just aside of the man’s face: “BIG EGO” (what
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8th Jun 2011 for Socialconcept
Category: Reflexions on a city, the gallery
Keywords: anonymous, black & white, concept, ego, humor, New-York, shirt, social, tie, working
New-york City, Mahanttan, 1994 Between light and shadow, the businessman is looking to go higher, by taking the elevator. The attache case contibutes to the comprehension of the picture and the floor evocates a kind of chess plate. These image came from a New York serie that have been shown in 1996 in the American
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9th Jan 2012 for Socialconcept
Category: Reflexions on a city, the gallery
Keywords: affair, ArtMagna, black & white, business, chess, finance, money
New-york City, Mahanttan, 1994 Such black and white photograph evocated a kind of Edward Hopper painting. A true relation between light atmosphere and work in an urban cityscape. These image came from a New York serie that have been shown in 1996 in the American Cultural Center in Brussels. Print : Limited Giclee print
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9th Jan 2012 for Socialconcept
Category: Reflexions on a city, the gallery
Keywords: ArtMagna, black & white, manhattan, New-York, working
