Artwork description:

A few years ago, I found a forgotten film roll in my late grand-father's camera. It took me weeks to find a lab able to process the film. It was a Kodachrome II film dating from the 70s. Then I was told that it could take months before the film could be processed, as the lab needed to receive a substantial number of this type of films before processing them. It took years. I had almost forgotten about it till I received the slides. They were very damaged but I could still recognise me in the photos, aged 5 or 6. My grand-father shot them on a sunny day at the holiday house in Normandy where I used to spend most of the Summer.

I have always been fascinated by old pictures, by the memory they manage to fix, freeze in time, then suddlenly bring back to their viewers. They can be very emotional little things. Beyond the stills, images revive chapters of our lives. With my grand-father's photos, I decided to do something. The idea of superimposing them to pictures of the same places now came naturally.

By working on and with these images, I realised how much nostalgia takes a major place in my work and how much images are able to bring back to life forgotten emotions and sensations thought to be lost forever.

Fine art print on Hahnemühle paper, numbered and signed at the back, limited edition of 5 copies. Each print comes with a certificate of authenticity.

Tirage d'artiste sur papier Hahnemühle, numéroté et signé au dos, édition limitée à 5 exemplaires. Chaque tirage est accompagné d'un certificat d'authenticité.

Other sizes on demand / D'autres formats sont disponibles sur demande

Materials used:

Fine Art paper

Tags:

#superimposed #superimposition #sea #summer #beach #seaside #sun #childhood #child #holidays #nostalgia #memory