Rose Mihman
Rose Mihman, a photographer with the air of a painter, captures mundane moments with her camera and transforms them into20th-century paintings. Her photographs, with their pronounced grain and approximate sharpness, are the result of a combination of vintage clothing, a gloomy, mystical atmosphere, and elaborate staging. She is fascinated by the passage of time, antique forms, and clothing from the 1900s, and draws inspiration from Impressionist, pictorial, and autochrome trends. A fan of portraits, her shots are often close-ups; she is interested in details, emotions, habits, and the poses of her models. The fictional universe created in these photographs invites us to take a step back and focus on tensions, taboos, and the unspoken. By breaking free from contemporary codes of beauty and through her photographic style, the photographer seeks to pay tribute to our uniqueness, to the features that mark, intrigue, and charm. It is a way of immortalizing our irregularities, our tragedies, and our joys.
Victor Jacques
Victor Jacques began his career by documenting his travels. This foray into street photography allowed him to hone his sense of observation and his perception of beauty. He has a soft spot for elegance, the contours of a silhouette, the blue of the sea, and the vibrancy of blood red. He follows international cultural influences and likes to mix fashion with documentation. His work focuses on perfect color nuances, the spontaneity of a snapshot, and the contrast between two colors, as in his series Catch Me If You Can. Another journey is marked by blue and softness, this one in Tunisia. He pays tribute to the free and youthful spirit of Tunisia in summer. The use of color is precise and contrasting; Victor Jacques has found his true style.
Dimpy Bhalotia
Indian photographer Dimpy Bhalotia, who lives in London, captures movements and moments in life to suggest a sense of escape and freedom. Her perspective is unique, breaking down barriers of intimacy and evoking an imaginary atmosphere. Her images are highly contrasted and offer very graphic shots. Each shot loses its sense of space and time, creating a strong feeling of timelessness and universality. The subject of her photographs is quite explicit: she illustrates the act of interacting with others, both humans and animals. Children and birds appear frequently in her shots because of their spontaneity, their need for freedom, and their simple, graceful gestures.
Vincent Catala
Vincent Catala's photographs offer a different but still colorful glimpse of Brazil. The artist presents a personal and intimate narrative imbued with loneliness. The photographs are part of a book entitled Île Brésil (Brazil Island), in which he tells a story in three acts, acts that are here the environments in which Vincent grew up—he lived in Brazil for fifteen years, which allowed him to put down roots in the country. The first environment is in the western part of Rio de Janeiro. The second is Greater São Paulo. Finally, the third is the capital, Brasilia. His photographs illustrate an ordinary world marked by strong identities depending on the city, between misery, joy, and prosperity. We see a sparsely populated Brazil, a moment that seems frozen by a heavy loneliness.
