PHOTOGRAPHS
CONCEPT
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, moon, night,...
They are the mirror of our moods, our emotions, our joys, our sorrows, our external lights and our internal shadows... The lake, mirror of the soul and the solitude of man in the immensity. They are snapshots of truth without filter, raw paintings, in which landmarks get lost, lights get reflected,... and thoughts escape.
It is up to each of us to discover this timeless mirror as many famous artists have done over time, and some of their quotes about Lake Geneva are humbly illustrated by these photographs.
COLLECTION
The LAKE A MIRROR collection, which began in 2017, currently consists of seven art series of 10 to 20 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.
LAKE A JET OF LIGHT is a 8th series of around a hundred images, both artistic and decorative, specially selected through a competition for the emblematic Hôtel Métrople in Geneva.
The title of each photograph is that of the series to which it belongs, followed simply by the date and time it was taken.
LAKE A PAINTING
Look at how in front of you everything is just lines and space! Don't you feel as if you're standing at the end of the world, in free dialogue with the universe?
Ferdinand Hodler 1853-1918
LAKE A PANORAMIC
Yes...Atmosphere is my style.
William Turner 1775-1851
LAKE GOLD
Admiring in turn the sky, divine face, the lake, divine mirror!
Victor Hugo 1802-1885
LAKE SILVER
The gaze doesn't take hold of the images, they take hold of the gaze. They flood consciousness.
Franz Kafka 1883-1924
LAKE BLACK
My instrument was no longer black, but this secret light coming from the dark.
Pierre Soulages 1919-2022
LAKE WAVES
There's an emergency; there's the light, it's going to last ten seconds, so there's an emergency.
Jean-Luc Godard 1930-2022
LAKE MATRIX
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
Deep Purple 1971
LAKE A JET OF LIGHT
So quiet and peaceful
Tranquil and blissful
There's a kind of magic in the air
What a truly magnificent view
A breathtaking scene
With the dreams of the world
In the palm of your hand
Freddy Mercury 1946-1991
