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Jean-Marie Guyaux
ART Habens
I always thought that to be satisfying an
image has to leave one perplexed. When
my camera successfully captures a
moment it must be a moment that is at
once graphically arresting while
simultaneously triggering in me a personal
if not visceral emotion. It can often be quite
complex, frequently ambiguous, or even
distant from the recorded image that is by
then frozen in time. It becomes a cinematic
still out of an unwritten script open to one’s
imagination.
It is my intent to expose the viewer to an
aesthetically pleasing but transitional
moment that prompts reflection.
I flash on images that trigger in me an
avalanche of visual possibilities, of
concepts to explore. What could have been
an accidental visual for somebody
becomes a spark to my imagination. As a
child I could never follow the instruction
manual of the erector set. The creator in
me needs to take visuals apart and
reconstruct them according to my own
sense of esthetic.
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