"Parfois nous voudrions baisser les yeux. Et nous aurions définitivement perdu" C. Maggiori
Gildas de la Monneraye:
Born in 1976 Nantes (France), living in France.
represented by the Swiss photo agency KEYSTONE
Grubenstrasse 45
CH-8045 Zürich
Switzerland
sales@keystone.ch
Gildas de la Monneraye is a Photo-realist documentarist. His inspiration is in the ballet of everyday life, exploring the human activity, the influence of it in time and space. Contemplating the human being, his psychological and body language without dissociating him from his environment; the relation between what is structural and what is life. His images are therefore a reflection of the reality with inevitably a personalized perspective on the truth. The encounter between himself and the surroundings in which he moves trying his best not to interfere, in order to preserve the authenticity of the moment. This "self" is the combination of his cultural context, his own historical interest, his interpretation of the situation which personal standards will give way to the collective ones. The difficulty for the photographer is to strike the fair balance between involvement and observation, commentary and testimony. The magic of the photography is a universal language and should be a harmony matter between the content and the form of the image. Therefore, converting the viewer in no more than a simple receptor while confronting him with his own emotions through information and the graphic design of the image. The photographer has the power to fix a time, and let a reflection on the suspended moment.
Born in 1976 Nantes (France), living in France.
represented by the Swiss photo agency KEYSTONE
Grubenstrasse 45
CH-8045 Zürich
Switzerland
sales@keystone.ch
Gildas de la Monneraye is a Photo-realist documentarist. His inspiration is in the ballet of everyday life, exploring the human activity, the influence of it in time and space. Contemplating the human being, his psychological and body language without dissociating him from his environment; the relation between what is structural and what is life. His images are therefore a reflection of the reality with inevitably a personalized perspective on the truth. The encounter between himself and the surroundings in which he moves trying his best not to interfere, in order to preserve the authenticity of the moment. This "self" is the combination of his cultural context, his own historical interest, his interpretation of the situation which personal standards will give way to the collective ones. The difficulty for the photographer is to strike the fair balance between involvement and observation, commentary and testimony. The magic of the photography is a universal language and should be a harmony matter between the content and the form of the image. Therefore, converting the viewer in no more than a simple receptor while confronting him with his own emotions through information and the graphic design of the image. The photographer has the power to fix a time, and let a reflection on the suspended moment.
ART SHOWS:
2018
2016
2015
2014
2018
- Espace Commines Paris district III 07.06.2018 to 10.06.2018 Group Exhibition "Intersection"
2016
- PARIS district IX 09.06.2016 to 09.07.2016 Exhibition with the painter Pierre Du Plouy
- PHOTOBASTEI Zürich: Exhibition "Illustrated Japan - ROKUKAIDO" Zürich (Switzerland) 13.10 to 23.10.2016
- LAUSANNE Portes ouvertes de la Cité: Exhibition "QUIETUDE" Lausanne (Switzerland) 09.12 to 12.12.2016
2015
- CASA DEL ARTE: Zürich Art Gallery - Solo Exhibition 24th to 29th March - "About Here"
- CLUNY (France) "About Here" Exhibition, invited by Marie-Alice Seydoux-Loiseau (Ecole du Louvre Graduate)
2014
- URBAN SCIENCE : Promote renewable Energies - Photos Show
- PHOTOBASTEI (Photography Art museum ZH, Partner Magnum Photos): Exhibition "LE REVs AMERICAIN" Zürich 07-17 August 2014
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