Photo Series

The Demise of the Giants :

 

Faced with the demise of the living world and climate disruption, humans are reluctant, unwilling or unable to change their lifestyles. Those who do try are confronted with everything they were brought up with, their habits, their passions. Those capable of radical change are a tiny minority. The others all live with this ambiguity. We try something we're less interested in, or that we know in depth, and we self-excuse ourselves for what we continue to consume. Yet we know it won't work. We'd like to, but "at the same time" we don't want to, we can't. Even with good will and the desire to move in the same direction, everyone has a different point of view. The “Demise of the Giants” series attempts to represent these contradictions. Through the images, through the story, through the photographer's behaviour. The story of each giant presents what could happen, and invites reflection. The absurdity of their story and the poetic, theatrical dimension of the images are designed to add a little more ambiguity. We smile and we worry.

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Thoughts

The Demise of the Giants series is an invitation to reflect on our relationship with the world. It shows us that the collapse of life and climate change are realities that affect us all. It also shows us that, faced with these challenges, we are all ir-responsible. The series invites us to become aware of our contradictions, our hesitations and our fears. It invites us to change, but it also shows us that this change will be difficult. The ambiguity of the photographer's behaviour raises questions for the viewer. The absurd is a powerful tool for reflection. It allows us to see the world from a different angle, to shake off our prejudices. In the Demise of the Giants series, the absurd is used to show us that the collapse of life and climate change are realities that could be even more terrible than we imagine. The poetic, dreamlike quality of the images adds to the ambiguity and questioning of the situation of the giants, our own situation. Our world is both magnificent and terrible.

 

The method

Each giant is a reconstruction of 42 photos taken from 42 different points of view, at exactly the same distance, with exactly the same angle and focal length. The final image measures 278x99 cm with a resolution of 300 dpi.