Night Photography nominee

There exist places or situations in which, despite the absence of any human entity, a faint presence can still be felt beyond objects. This ‘shadowy’ presence, like the barely perceptible persistence of a recent past, gives things another dimension. As if they needed a human stamp to exist. Thus, the darkness of night or the nascent mist of the wee hours are passageways to the other world. They help us better feel this barely-there presence.
Shadowy Presence thus focuses on urban surroundings at night. Those universes, though stripped of human presence, yet inexorably loop back to Man. As if the artificial environment he has built, which seems to contradict his human nature, still left its unwavering stamp. One might be tempted to see in these tenuous but tenacious traces, a far more intimate origin ?

While travelling through vast desertic places, Xavier Blondeau has been questionning the place of individuals in their environment.Since 2009 and apart from his activity as a Senior lecturer, her has focused his photographic work on the individual. It is presented and structured in photographic series and aims at addressing that question very closely.
Since 2011, he has been very active and present in many exhibitions. His work is about intimacy being revealed as his various photographic series unfold.
Main exhibitions : MIA Photo Fair, Milan, Italie (2019); Lille Art’UP, Lille, France; (2019); Tokyo International Foto Awards, Tokyo, Japon (2019); Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, USA (2018); Fotovefer, Paris, France (2018); Barcelona International Photography Awards, Barcelone, Espagne (2018); SE Center Photography, Greenville, USA (2018); Galerie L’Angle, Hendaye, France (2018); Fotovefer, Paris, France (2017); Galerie Courcelles Art Contemporain, Paris, France (2017); Manifestation d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France (2017); Str'Off, Strasbourg, France (2016); Réalités Nouvelles, Vincennes, France (2016); Puls’Art, Le Mans, France (2016); Blankwall Gallery, Athène, Grece (2016); Galerie Hors-Champs, Paris, France (2016); Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Jonesboro, USA (2015); Mois de la Photo of, Paris, France (2014); International Juried Competition, Los Angeles, USA (2014); Manifestation d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France (2014).