Boundaries are the condition of existence of all organisms, entities.
They define an identity. They are essential to life, provided they are permeable, and thus allow exchanges.
Confinement is a fixed limit. For ordinary people, this is stuffy.
Only certain individuals practice it voluntarily, like hermits, artists... For the most part, the confinement imposed by the Covid 19 pandemic was an unprecedented experience ...
A discovery or discomfort, a revelation or a trauma, an unpredictable horizon or a condemnation. Despite the ultra connection to the outside world.
Resilience became a necessity.
Many ways to practice it : play, distraction, TV series, introspection, physical exercise, looking again your spouse, children, deciding a divorce, a change of profession, get back to reading,
make projects that we would have found unimaginable otherwise ...
The resilience that I explore is the dream. But a dream which is not an escape, a dream which is rather a new possibility, a credible madness, an accessible gluttony. It is the power of mind, thought, to embody worlds in another dimension.
My dreamers look inward to get out of themselves.
The protocol I set for myself is the horizon of a calm sea.
Nothing happens, yet everything happens.
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DREAMERS (Series)
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• Shows in galleries in Europe, the United States and Asia. (110 shows in 20 countries)
• Is chosen two years running (2009, 2010) by Esther Woerdehoff gallery for Paris Photo
• In 2012 he is named Intercultural Ambassador by the UNESCO
• Invited by French Embassy in India to exhibit, 2013.
• Invited by UNESCO for a solo show during the Global Conference 2013.
• Retrospective on various sites in Metz, 2014.
• Black and White magazine: Award Winner, 2013.
• Grand Prix Eurazeo for Photography, 2013.
• Publication of the monograph “ “les éveillés” 2014
• BENAKI MUSEUM - Athens Photobook Show , 2015
• Invited by Mairie de Paris for “Bridges and Cultures” personal exhibition 2015
• Winner of the International Competition « Spirit of the Mediterranean », PHOTOMED. 2016
• "Monochrome Photographer of the Year" 2017
• Winner of FESTFOTO BRAZIL 2017
• Solo show at MUSEUM MESSMER, 2017, Germany
• Solo show at MUSEUM of NEVERS, 2017, France
• Laureate"Academie des Beaux Arts" Paris 2017
• Maison Européenne de la Photographie, 2018, Paris
• Guest of Honor at the "Salon d'Automne", Champs Elysée, 2019 Paris
• VENICE BIENNAL 2022
• Is chosen two years running (2009, 2010) by Esther Woerdehoff gallery for Paris Photo
• In 2012 he is named Intercultural Ambassador by the UNESCO
• Invited by French Embassy in India to exhibit, 2013.
• Invited by UNESCO for a solo show during the Global Conference 2013.
• Retrospective on various sites in Metz, 2014.
• Black and White magazine: Award Winner, 2013.
• Grand Prix Eurazeo for Photography, 2013.
• Publication of the monograph “ “les éveillés” 2014
• BENAKI MUSEUM - Athens Photobook Show , 2015
• Invited by Mairie de Paris for “Bridges and Cultures” personal exhibition 2015
• Winner of the International Competition « Spirit of the Mediterranean », PHOTOMED. 2016
• "Monochrome Photographer of the Year" 2017
• Winner of FESTFOTO BRAZIL 2017
• Solo show at MUSEUM MESSMER, 2017, Germany
• Solo show at MUSEUM of NEVERS, 2017, France
• Laureate"Academie des Beaux Arts" Paris 2017
• Maison Européenne de la Photographie, 2018, Paris
• Guest of Honor at the "Salon d'Automne", Champs Elysée, 2019 Paris
• VENICE BIENNAL 2022
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