A path, traced in the low light, divided between two edges.
But this is no simple forest scene: this photograph is the result of a direct superimposition during the shooting. Two times, two angles, two breaths of nature superimposed in a single moment.
The shadows of the trees stretch out like outstretched fingers, drawing moving, almost living lines on the ground. You are not quite sure whether you are looking at a real place or a memory.
The image was captured during a solitary walk, in the slowness that allows the eye to glide along, to capture the invisible.
The black and white intensifies the contrasts, deepens the furrows of light and erases landmarks. The journey becomes a mental one. It speaks of crossing, of decisions, of inner journeys back and forth.
In an interior, this work acts as a discreet mirror. It touches those who are looking for calm in ambiguity, a direction in the in-between.
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I'm a Belgian-Beninese photographer who captures the relationship between the body, light and presence. I work alone on my walks, or while observing my quoitiden, but also in collaboration with models, make-up artists and other artists.
My aim is to capture the things that usually escape the..
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