SIMILAR TO, photo series, 2016.
Under these faces of very real women, are hidden symbols. Nothing flagrant reflects their presence. Just the feeling that these faces of strangers have something familiar. Indeed, if we linger a bit, subtle links with a collective iconography emerge: Marianne (icon of the Republic), The Protecting Mother (the Virgin), the politician (Ségolène), the sleeping muse (of the sculptor) Brancusi), the fish (in the childish drawing), the guide (in the revolutionary iconography), the cyborg, etc.
Here, the resemblance allows a double reading : in simple portraits or in symbols of a French iconography.
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Title: Marianne
Series: Un air de
Year: 2016
Dimensions : 20 x 30 to 50 x 75 cm
Technique: photography
Limited edition of 20 copies
It is not Marianne as an allegory or emblem of the Republic that interests me. What interests me is that Marianne's face is familiar to us although Marianne does not actually exist, although Marianne's face is frequently renewed.
Title: The Protecting Mother
Series: Un air de
Year: 2016
Dimensions : 20 x 30 to 50 x 75 cm
Technique: photography
Limited edition of 20 copies
This photograph is an evocation of The mother with the child , in other words of the Virgin. What interests me is that the face of the protective Mother does not have a concrete existence. Yet a simple golden light, a soft and beautiful face, a thick veil and a downward gaze are enough to refer to this religious iconography of Mother to Child .
Title: The Politician
Series: Un air de
Year: 2016
Dimensions : 20 x 30 to 50 x 75 cm
Technique: photography
Limited edition of 20 copies
Evocation of the meetings of Ségolène Royal: all dressed in white, her eyes slightly narrowed by the bright sun, she began her meetings by greeting her supporters.
First politician who was believed to be able to become President of the French Republic. A symbol and hope for women that coming to power is not just for men.
Title: The Guide
Series: Un air de
Year: 2016
Dimensions : 20 x 30 to 50 x 75 cm
Technique: photography
Limited edition of 20 copies
This photograph is an allegory of the guide, inspired by the imagery of the revolutionary conqueror.
The guide is the one who gives a moral or / and intellectual direction (hence the outstretched arm) to a group. He is a visionary.
Title: Sleeping Muse
Series: Un air de
Year: 2016
Dimensions : 20 x 30 to 50 x 75 cm
Technique: photography
Limited edition of 20 copies
It is an interpretation of the Sleeping Muse and the Sculpture for the Blind by Constantin Brâncusi.
It is a symbol of serenity, grace and beauty.