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Photography – especially street photography- is a great tool for documenting a period, a time, an era. It captures history. It captures people, streets, landscapes. It is a tangible witness of time. Last June, I visited a retrospective exhibition on Robert Doisneau named Robert Doisneau. Instants donnés at the musée Maillol in Paris. Not only…
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Exhibition and display, Display and exhibition. The harmonious intersection of creative skills and ideas. From form to content From content to form Exhibitions, especially temporary exhibitions, are always unique because their displays are an intrinsic part of them. Their lightings, their use of the architecture, both external and internal, their visual sceneries and sometimes, even…
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Photography is timeless, impactful, and deep. Its images are strong and meaningful, artistic and authentic, refined and raw at the same time. I’m fascinated by the faculty of photography to capture an instant, a moment, an emotion, a story. Its images look effortless while they require complex technical mastering. Mastering of the camera. Mastering of…
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Drawing, molding, folding fabrics. Cutting sewing them. Molding, sewing again these fabrics. They become clothes. Flatter, shape, embellish them. This is the work, the talent, the art of a fashion designer. Finding the right fabric, the right cutting, the right shape to create clothes that not only fit a person -physically and his/her personality –…
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Impressionism is a painting discipline that I find captivating. From its mastering of the colors, the lights and the shapes to the pure beauty of its paintings, impressionism presents still life, landscapes, people and moments of everyday life in a very artistic way. And each impressionist painter has his/her unique ways of creating impressionist works.…
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Neoimpressionism is one of my favorite painting movements. Its use of the colors and the lights is rafined and precise, realistic and dreamy, deep and captivating. I really enjoy how the combinaison of small painting touches results to a full painting, a full picture with many details. It is gorgeous. Last year, I was thrilled…
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One of the things that I really love about arts – especially painting – is its expression of one’s inner self, in a certain way. It shows – partially or totally – how a person sees the world, its details, its colors, its forms, and how this person interprets the world. And also, how the…
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Street photography is a very special style of photography because it captures on the spot an epoch, a piece of time, unique moments. It focuses on people – unknown to the public or famous – in ordinary moments of life. It is lively, sharp. It is timeless. It captures immaterial seconds. Add it in black…
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Black and white photography is impactful, powerful, timeless. Its creations convey deep messages, deep meaning and deep beauty. It is at the same time simple and complex, raw and refined. It is beautiful. I love to visit exhibitions about black and white photography, especially by photographers who made this discipline their speciality. Sebastião Salgado is…
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I love the art of painting; the art of choosing the right tool, the right color, the right composition to express an idea, a concept, a place. I’m fascinated by the skillful dexterity of the artist who uses specific technics and disciplines such as sciences to make his/her art come true. This is just amazing…