Joel ZOBEL

When the eye decides ...

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He likes, at random in his footsteps, to capture / capture / seize the ephemeral miracle of a situation, suddenly encountering, through his gaze and the framing, his formal balance. Without ever reframing / "cheating".

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He likes, in the closed field of the studio, in front of the neutrality of a sheet, to "play" with a model, and to bring about / hatch a portrait where an exchange is revealed, constructed by the complicity then installed.

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He sometimes likes, finally, through digital magic, to add / insert an imported detail that will transform reality into a spectacle.

Seize or build: why choose?

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(Jak Perret - 2020)