Exposition “New York Figures”

Who are you?

I am a French photographer who has lived in New York for over 7 years. My work focuses on street and travel photography.

How would you describe your work “New York Figures”?

Through this series, I wanted to show the diversity of this city full of contrasts and what has always fascinated me here, the multitude of worlds within the same city, where each individual lives in his or her own universe, often enclosed and very solitary. New York Figures captures moments when these silhouettes retreat into their own worlds, which they manage to preserve despite the whirlwind and chaos around them, while at the same time taking part in New York’s overflowing activity and creating its strong identity.

How did you come to choose this topic?

Even though I’m not looking for any particular subject and prefer to let myself be surprised by situations, places and moments that are, if you look at them, very often surprising and singular, I wanted to highlight certain aspects of this city that everyone thinks they know. The Epinal image of New York is everywhere, but what arouses my curiosity is the invisible New York, a veritable patchwork whose diversity never ceases to amaze me.

What inspires you about New York?

A myriad of details, from the architecture to the light, the smells and the faces. It’s all these elements that make us love or hate this city, without necessarily understanding what makes it so organic and vibrant.

Why did you choose to exhibit in Paris?

It’s a pleasure for me to show New York in my city, Paris, whose energy and physiognomy are sometimes the opposite of those of New York. I also want to show those who don’t live in New York my view of the city, a view that I hope will be seen as unusual.

If you had one particular way of describing your work, what would it be?

In the composition of my photos, there is a very graphic constant, but also the isolation of the subjects I photograph within their environment.

What is your approach to the creative process?

It’s an adventurous stroll in search of a subject I don’t yet know, and whose gaze, thought or action I can capture with as much patience as impatience, the moment when it reveals itself in the midst of its environment, immobilising and slowing down the speed of our lives.