My work focuses on the perception of reality through the photographic medium around two axes of reflection:
- Due to its mechanical process, is the photograph a proof of truth?
- Should photography be confined to the decisive moment?
I built this series like a documentary, from a reflection on the trace of man in his territory.
I was interested in the smallest division of the territory, the house, as an expression of individuality. So I looked in homes for signs of the character of their inhabitant, each one leaving its mark on the world. The study is seen as an inventory, making it possible to identify categories, from "Tiny houses" to "neo-castles". If the methodology is inspired by the Düsseldorf school, the objective of the series is quite different. It is not a question of objectivism, but on the contrary of letting the viewer's subjectivity meet that of the author.
Each residential image is completed with an interior view that will be attributed to the owner of the house. Finally, for each diptych, a short text recalls some stages in the life of the inhabitant of the place.
In fact, it is a documentary fiction, the interior views were taken at the photographer's home with his own objects, The text is partly invented, partly autobiographical and sometimes rooted in reality.
What interests me here are the interactions between the material presented (images and texts), the viewer and me. I question a kind of collective experience, that everyone can recognize a part of themselves.