
Sur les terres de l’Oise Picarde
- Publisher
- Diaphane éditions
- Year
- 2021
- ISBN
- 978-2-919077-63-2
- Specifications
- Paperback
11 x 15.5 cm
64 pages
34 black-and-white photographs
Text by Martin Becka
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To create my images, I work in a photographic chamber using the waxed paper negative process (negatives made by myself, on paper, using the method of Gustave Le Gray dating from 1851). Doing this requires a lot of experimentation. This choice requires careful manual preparation, using a few simple chemicals, on drawing paper. The process only allows the production of a few photographs per day. The confrontation I have with the material is essential, the hazards are part of the game, and obtaining the image is not immediate and requires processing over several hours.
[…]
This poetic vision, made of curves, straight lines, transparencies, and plays of light, leads us to look differently at these everyday places that build our territory.