
Séléné
- Publisher
- Filigranes Éditions / Château Palmer / Leica
- Year
- 2023
- ISBN
- 978-2-35046-602-6
- Specifications
- softcover
170 x 220 mm
112 pages
62 colour and duotone photographs
English / French
edition of 800 numbered and signed copies
collection: Instants
co-produced with Château Palmer and Leica
There is no greater challenge for a photographer than to archive the invisible. Paul Cupido sets about it with delicacy, tracking the fleeting and eternal beauty of nature and capturing the reflections of the moon on petals or skin. "Recently Château Palmer gave me the chance to visit the estate, meet the winemakers and appreciate its geographical situation along the fertile banks of the Garonne; to taste, literally and figuratively, the philosophy and heritage of the château: the circular crafting of these magnificent wines. I was very impressed by the site, the animals, the soil, the culture, the dedication. I wish to offer a poetic interpretation of these elements, as a composer translates feelings into notes or a winemaker interprets what nature gives us. On site I intend to keep my senses awake. I am convinced that the work must impose itself, by listening to the 'spirit of place' and learning what this land wants from me." Selene is the Greek goddess of the moon, often associated with beauty, purity and cosmic order, and often depicted on ancient paintings as a young woman holding a torch or a crescent moon.