Anne-Lise Broyer has been developing a body of photographic work for over 20 years that intimately links writing and the emergence of the image, as evidenced by her collaborations with writers and poets including Yannick Haenel, Bernard Noël and Pierre Michon. She also explores the intersection between silver photography and graphite drawings applied directly to the print. By merging these two practices, she creates a new visual language that links the eye to the hand.
In 2024, Anne-Lise Broyer was awarded the Prix Niépce, one of the most prestigious prizes in the world, honouring a photographer’s professional career.
Ici l’instant se hume en parfum*
Graphite pencil drawing on silver print
Printed by Guillaume Geneste (La Chambre noire, Paris) under the author’s supervision on Ilford matte 5k paper, from an internegative resulting from the assembly of 4 shots taken in Champagne on the Roederer plots in June 2023.
80×120 cm
31 1/2 x 47 1/4 in
2024
Unique piece
“The word wine is so vast that just saying it conjures up a whole range of sensations.
It all starts with the landscape, the soil, the climate, the blend and the expertise.The intangible unfolds, draped in concrete.
It is this paradox that I wanted to translate: opening up worlds from simple plots of land.
Putting them together, associating them, linking them by hand. To do this, I used the figurative approach, the documentary representation of a place moved towards a crystalline echo. The pencil drawing slows down the appearance of the image and sharpens the anticipation. The layering of materials disrupts the image, doubling it and letting impressions escape like sudden concentrations of meaning, the shape of a dream.
A gradual transition from what can be seen to the revelation of what can be smelled, drunk and felt”. – Anne-Lise Broyer
* Verse by Mohammed Bennis, a great voice of contemporary Arabic poetry, from Vin, 2020.