LAKE A MIRROR
LAKE A MIRROR is a collection of photographs all taken from the same place, and always from the same horizon, the lake… only the moment and the framing change. They are the raw reflet of the nature, seasons, wind, clouds, sun, ...
These images are the mirror of our moods, our emotions, ... our external lights and our internal shadows. The lake, mirror of the soul and the solitude of man in the immensity.
CONCEPT
The lake as a canvas, the sun and light as paint, the wind and waves as brushes, the photographer to immortalise this painting, the artist to reflect his emotions in the mirror-like lake.
Filters and other techniques add contrast and spectacular colors to photographs. In an instant, these surreal images leap out at us... dazzling us and blinding us. Here, on the contrary, with these raw photographs you have to take the time to let your gaze plunge into the image, the mirror, the lake... and see.
COLLECTIONS
The LAKE A MIRROR artistic collection, which began in 2017, currently consists of seven art series of 10 to 30 photographs each. The LAKE A PAINTING series of painting-like photographs, the LAKE A PANORAMIC series of panoramic photographs, and five more abstract series LAKE GOLD, LAKE SILVER, LAKE BLACK, LAKE WAVES and LAKE MATRIX.
The LAKE A JET OF LIGHT decorative collection, comprising two series – LAKE A BOAT and LAKE A DECO – was originally specially selected through a design competition for the iconic Hôtel Métropole in Geneva.
WORK
The collection contains over 8,000 photographs (RAW/JPEG), all taken from Lutry, Switzerland, using a Canon 6D Mark II, a Canon Ultrasonic 100-400 4.5–5.6 lens, a Canon 1.4x extender, and a Benro FIF28C tripod.
Most of the photographs capture completely blinding mirror effects, requiring the use of Category 4 polarised sunglasses to compose the shot. The shots are then taken, deliberately without an ND or polarising filter, in manual mode with a shutter speed between 1/800 and 1/4000 of a second and an aperture between f/16 and f/40, at ISO 100, to avoid any overexposure from the sun’s rays reflected by the lake.
The chosen technique allows for the ‘black’ effect in broad daylight… The effect of seeing the mirror rather than the reflection, the effect of seeing the soul in depth, the effect of seeing the inner shadows rather than the outer lights, not being dazzled but seeing. A deep and obsessive personal quest for truth, for authenticity… unfiltered, beyond our mirrors. Here, the man, the doctor, becomes the photographer.
ART PRINTS
The photographs are not retouched in post-production, but are slightly optimised for printing on Hahnemuehle art paper – the benchmark art paper since 1584 – by Luca Delachaux, president of the Swiss Association of Professional Photographers (SIYU), in his Platinum-certified photographic studio in Lausanne. A maximum of five copies of each photograph are printed (in a format of your choice), signed, numbered, certified and registered on Hahnemühle MyArtRegisty.
The title of each photograph and the name of the series, along with the date and time the photograph was taken.
ARTISTS
Many famous artists have contemplated Lake Geneva, and some of their quotes are humbly illustrated by photographs from the collection.
The musical atmosphere of the collection is beautifully represented by the compositions of Beau Brant, an American pianist who composed, among other pieces, "Winter at Lac Léman".