Conceptual nominee

This series was shot in Chicago, it's an American love and the only thing it owns to digital is that I had to scan my Kodachrome to upload them, I discovered the method by accident when I shot my film twice after forgetting about it, I also open my camera to create light leaks! I am always told I am using too much photoshop filters, well no, it's the real deal. I try to carry on the emotions that holds me when I shoot, blending the place of my love and my lover in one broken frame. I print large on mat paper to privilege colors and textures.

It started with an accident, and a point of view. A friend gave me a camera while I was recovering from a back injury, the rehabilitation walks turned into photographic strolls, a great motivation to discover again the once too familiar streets
The point of view came while lying on the grass, looking through the viewfinder. Surrounded by gentle giants, my friends displaying beauty and strength and the sky a stained glass, leafs dancing against the light.

I believe you can paint with a camera, there is a “synthetic” quality in the lens art. I don't aim at the “perfect shot”, instead I learnt to rave on the borderline of visibility.