Books as a remedy to a world of ubiquitous screens

The materiality of a physical book opens a more intimate experience, adding touch and mass to ethereal images, catalysing the visual experience of photography. The reflective medium of paper appears also in relative opposition to the light emission from the increasingly ubiquitous digital screens we look photographs on.

Here are a few glimpses of what is coming up.

Solo publications

Serial 1

'Serial' is meant as an experiment in automatic photographic narration. There is no randomness, only timely decisions. This number one tome combines the first 6 monthly opuses into one. Every image has a hidden story but the series adds an adventure dimension. Some are now, some are past, and they probably will foretell the future. All are memories.

Serial 1 - the first volume story covering the first 6 month (184 pages soft cover photobook - English) available as ISBN 978-2-940679-00-3.

The Bootymachine

More than 30 years after the creation of the Internet, and following a reflection on modern connected digital devices, this photographic work was part of a larger online multimedia project and tried to tackle new opportunities for photographical practices.

Using the increasingly potent cameras of mobile phones, the Bootymachine would let the photographer take a picture from his pocket, wherever and whenever, that would then go through computational techniques to modify and stylise its texture. The system would then published it on an online web based platform for it to be accessible to all.

The Bootymachine - the complete 364 pages - hard cover - English) available as ISBN 978-2-940679-01-0.

Matière Numérique

Matière Numérique is a journey to the center of the pixel: from a black singleton pixel we dive into data compression and transformation routines' generated artifacts. Recursively zooming from one image to another, deeper into the details of that original dot, through re-photographing the image over and over again, we progressively dilute the original to nothingness, and only let the resulting digital matter persist.

How sensuality and matter generates itself through the digital medium. How the photographer's point of view and narration make this improbable fractal-like travel possible. This is the story from the original pixel to the first neo-generated one.