This is a question I have been struggling with for years. How can I transmit the emotion that I feel facing the miracle of Life? Remind the spectator that each moment est sacred, a highly improbable miracle.

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At the time of the shot, there is always more going on than that what is captured by the frame. There is, of course, a context, a location, a story... It is the success or failure to reproduce these hidden elements that often make a picture "good" or not. For me, a picture is also a witness of particular unique moment. Like a snapshot of "existence". A visible marker of stardust, the elements of the Universe, us included.

So I went back to basics for inspiration. I took a deeper look into the craft of painting. The impressionists mainly; attracted by their desire to bring personal feelings into their work. With each stroke, each layer, displaying their own"humanity", they created paintings that went beyond the primary function of "presenting the world" to include a humane and temporal interpretation (dimension).

 

When taking a photo, this personal feeling inevitably influences the framing and the moment the shutter is released. End of Phase 1.

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Phase 2, Post-Production.

It's at this stage that I work on bringing out the the "moment" felt that I am talking about. As I treat the original shot*, I focus on volume and texture in an attempt to transcend the basic nature of the image. Barely noticeable at first glance, the treatment appears as "perception accidents", triggering little lights in the viewers mind, inducing a different feeling to the photo. My intention is to draw the eye to different parts of the picture and bring the spectator to look a second time. Closer. As the textures and volumes change the perception, his/her imagination starts to wander on its own, filling in the gaps with their own stories. And, in the end, experience the picture as a personal experience rather than a simple photography, no matter how informative the original content. (see illustration opposite)