PHOTOGRAPHS AT INTREPID LIFE, IN DURHAM
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Bush is a Terrorist
A photograph from the Life on Mars series. Shot on Mars 20, 2004 in Fayetteville, N.C. during a protest against the war in Iraq which was growing in unpopularity and many were wondering why people serving seemingly accepted to be slaughtered due to neocons idiocy.
This photograph was relatively controversial still when it was first showed at Through This Lens gallery, here in Durham, for my show “Life on Mars, part 1” in November 2006. What a difference a few years make ...
Photographically, it is reasonably remarkable to have been graced with the ability to capture this moment with a medium format camera, as that is normally not suited for action photography like this. But because of it, the resolution is such that this type of enlargement is possible, enabling impact proportional to the cause.
Prints available in various sizes and prices starting at $275.
42" framed print on display, $3,000. Only for a few days until piece is moved out.
A photograph from the Life on Mars series. Shot on Mars 20, 2004 in Fayetteville, N.C. during a protest against the war in Iraq which was growing in unpopularity and many were wondering why people serving seemingly accepted to be slaughtered due to neocons idiocy.
This photograph was relatively controversial still when it was first showed at Through This Lens gallery, here in Durham, for my show “Life on Mars, part 1” in November 2006. What a difference a few years make ...
Photographically, it is reasonably remarkable to have been graced with the ability to capture this moment with a medium format camera, as that is normally not suited for action photography like this. But because of it, the resolution is such that this type of enlargement is possible, enabling impact proportional to the cause.
Prints available in various sizes and prices starting at $275.
42" framed print on display, $3,000. Only for a few days until piece is moved out.
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Close to Epiphany
From the Life on Mars and Urban Legends series.
When going to Manhattan, I used to stay with a friend in his loft in SoHo, he was not wealthy, rent control. I almost always walked to Ground Zero to check out how things were there. This was on January 1st 2010. The site was not junky anymore, things were starting to take shape, yet little had been built already, it was just budding, enough to enhance this rare view which I see as an archeological look into the architecture history of this part of lower Manhattan. I had to steal this photograph from the guards who did not let people shoot on a tripod from there at the time.
for the show Relocations in Greensboro, is featured in Monsieur Contraste.
Prints available in various sizes and prices starting at $275. See pricing samples here
43" framed print on display, $6,500. Only for a few days until piece is moved out.
From the Life on Mars and Urban Legends series.
When going to Manhattan, I used to stay with a friend in his loft in SoHo, he was not wealthy, rent control. I almost always walked to Ground Zero to check out how things were there. This was on January 1st 2010. The site was not junky anymore, things were starting to take shape, yet little had been built already, it was just budding, enough to enhance this rare view which I see as an archeological look into the architecture history of this part of lower Manhattan. I had to steal this photograph from the guards who did not let people shoot on a tripod from there at the time.
for the show Relocations in Greensboro, is featured in Monsieur Contraste.
Prints available in various sizes and prices starting at $275. See pricing samples here
43" framed print on display, $6,500. Only for a few days until piece is moved out.
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Au Meilleur des Mondes
From the Urban Legends series. This a view of "La Défense" in Paris, one that most French people have never seen, as the "Big Arche" is always shown from the other direction. As most of the time, the back stage, behind the scene perspective, is quite enriching.
This was shot 23 years ago, the view is obviously totally different now. Photography has an historic virtue.
Prints available in various sizes and prices starting at $275. See pricing samples here
30" framed piint on display, $2,000. Only for a few days until piece is moved out.
From the Urban Legends series. This a view of "La Défense" in Paris, one that most French people have never seen, as the "Big Arche" is always shown from the other direction. As most of the time, the back stage, behind the scene perspective, is quite enriching.
This was shot 23 years ago, the view is obviously totally different now. Photography has an historic virtue.
Prints available in various sizes and prices starting at $275. See pricing samples here
30" framed piint on display, $2,000. Only for a few days until piece is moved out.
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Chez Moi
From the Urban Legends series. This is my home town, its southern suburb. The river is the Rhône river, and the mountain was my Grand mother’s favorite: Les 3 Becs. I love this very complex game of forms, man and nature made, and complicated by the clouds projected shadows.
Prints available in various sizes and prices, starting at $275.
43" framed print on display: $3,000. Only for a few days until piece is moved out.
From the Urban Legends series. This is my home town, its southern suburb. The river is the Rhône river, and the mountain was my Grand mother’s favorite: Les 3 Becs. I love this very complex game of forms, man and nature made, and complicated by the clouds projected shadows.
Prints available in various sizes and prices, starting at $275.
43" framed print on display: $3,000. Only for a few days until piece is moved out.
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The American Way
A photograph from the Life on Mars series. This was shot at main and 9th St. in Durham in May, 1999. The fellow holding the sign is Rex Quinn, a professional right wing activist then living in Sanford but well known around Chapel Hill in those days for his provocative stances. I encountered Rex Quinn years in 2005 in front of the White House, and asked him if he knew on that day of the “Project for a New American Century,” which then had just been completed, and if this is why he was holding those signs, and he said “yes.”
Prints available in various sizes and prices, starting at $1,000.
A photograph from the Life on Mars series. This was shot at main and 9th St. in Durham in May, 1999. The fellow holding the sign is Rex Quinn, a professional right wing activist then living in Sanford but well known around Chapel Hill in those days for his provocative stances. I encountered Rex Quinn years in 2005 in front of the White House, and asked him if he knew on that day of the “Project for a New American Century,” which then had just been completed, and if this is why he was holding those signs, and he said “yes.”
Prints available in various sizes and prices, starting at $1,000.
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Cuba Contra la Guerra
I have a series called “Drive by Shootings.” It is a collection of photographs witnessing what one can observe from a moving vehicle, notably others inside their own vehicle, but also scenes symbolic of what one discovers while traveling, or commuting. I carried on while traveling in Cuba between Havana and Santiago. I wanted a photograph that said “Cuba,” implying the tropics, and probably one of those American cars from the fifties. I therefore traveled sitting in the aisle, right behind the driver and his aide. That was in 2003, the year of the invasion of Iraq, and all of a sudden this side emerges from right field...
Prints available. See pricing here
Black lacquer framed 32" wide print: $3,000. Only for a few days until piece is moved out.
I have a series called “Drive by Shootings.” It is a collection of photographs witnessing what one can observe from a moving vehicle, notably others inside their own vehicle, but also scenes symbolic of what one discovers while traveling, or commuting. I carried on while traveling in Cuba between Havana and Santiago. I wanted a photograph that said “Cuba,” implying the tropics, and probably one of those American cars from the fifties. I therefore traveled sitting in the aisle, right behind the driver and his aide. That was in 2003, the year of the invasion of Iraq, and all of a sudden this side emerges from right field...
Prints available. See pricing here
Black lacquer framed 32" wide print: $3,000. Only for a few days until piece is moved out.
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The American Way
A photograph from the Life on Mars series. This was shot in Washington D.C., on January 18 2003, at the beginning of a march against the war in Iraq. The Three Musketeers were actually 4, the 4th one was D’Artagnan.
In case you are wondering, I believe that the only solution is one State, one State for both.
Prints available upon order in various sizes, starting at $275.
Black lacquer framed 20" wide exceptional darkroom print: $6.500. Only for a few days until piece is moved out.
A photograph from the Life on Mars series. This was shot in Washington D.C., on January 18 2003, at the beginning of a march against the war in Iraq. The Three Musketeers were actually 4, the 4th one was D’Artagnan.
In case you are wondering, I believe that the only solution is one State, one State for both.
Prints available upon order in various sizes, starting at $275.
Black lacquer framed 20" wide exceptional darkroom print: $6.500. Only for a few days until piece is moved out.
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More Art, Less Pope
A photograph from the Life on Mars series. This photograph has nothing to do with Francis, but rather with a fellow who at the beginning of the story, was North Carolina's Governor's Chief of Budget, a billionaire who made his fortune is the retail sector praying of the very poor, a character who goes by the name of Art Pope, and is to North Carolina what the Koch brothers are to America in these times where the Tea party is still a factor.
Art Pope resigned from his position shortly after the end of the show for which this photograph had been created, although this is believed to be pure coincidence. Read the whole story here.
Prints available in various sizes and prices. See prices here.
A photograph from the Life on Mars series. This photograph has nothing to do with Francis, but rather with a fellow who at the beginning of the story, was North Carolina's Governor's Chief of Budget, a billionaire who made his fortune is the retail sector praying of the very poor, a character who goes by the name of Art Pope, and is to North Carolina what the Koch brothers are to America in these times where the Tea party is still a factor.
Art Pope resigned from his position shortly after the end of the show for which this photograph had been created, although this is believed to be pure coincidence. Read the whole story here.
Prints available in various sizes and prices. See prices here.
The Photographs at Intrepid Life
106 W. Parrish Street, Durham. 919-667-0877
Right after the end of Monsieur Contraste and the Church of Photography, at the Carrack Modern art, I discovered that seemingly during the show, Intrepid Life Coffee & Spirits had opened across the street. Laura, the co-Founder of the Carrack, and the muse of the Durham art scene, told me that it was owned by a veteran from the war in Iraq, Matt Victoriano, and that it was possible that he could be interested in showing Bush is a Terrorist. I eventually met Matt, who instantly seduced me by his looks, as I am rather sensible to good looking folks, and because he was atypical of what I imagined of a Marine, with piercing eyes but rather petite, although no more than myself, but clearly super toned. Matt also thankfully does not display the usual, all American testerone conquered symptoms. The staff at Intrepid is mostly composed of young veterans like matt.
I warned him that my country had been rather hostile to George Bush's idea of invading Iraq, and that I was rather proud to be French in that regard. He did not seem to mind, so we ended up talking further. He really liked Bush is a Terrorist., which answered the questions I had about his philosophy and politics, and we ended up reaching a fair agreement. I could not believe that such a photograph which only 8 years before was quite controversial, was now throning in a coffeeshop as its main art. The place became noticed rather fast, and eventually articles were published, even mentioning the art, although curiously not its creator in the case of this one. An MTV show was even taped in the premise with Bush on Terrorist conspicuously in the background.
Matt wanted to have art with a strong political message, so this was a good match. We ended up overtime adding more pieces on the walls, with some even more controversial photographs, and people love this different and engaged atmosphere. It is comforting to see that taking a stand and challenging the status quo can be rewarding.
Now, all this art is for sale, and is often available unframed in various sizes, from $275. and up, so don't be afraid of feeding the artists (Matt is an artist too, a cappuccino artist).
I warned him that my country had been rather hostile to George Bush's idea of invading Iraq, and that I was rather proud to be French in that regard. He did not seem to mind, so we ended up talking further. He really liked Bush is a Terrorist., which answered the questions I had about his philosophy and politics, and we ended up reaching a fair agreement. I could not believe that such a photograph which only 8 years before was quite controversial, was now throning in a coffeeshop as its main art. The place became noticed rather fast, and eventually articles were published, even mentioning the art, although curiously not its creator in the case of this one. An MTV show was even taped in the premise with Bush on Terrorist conspicuously in the background.
Matt wanted to have art with a strong political message, so this was a good match. We ended up overtime adding more pieces on the walls, with some even more controversial photographs, and people love this different and engaged atmosphere. It is comforting to see that taking a stand and challenging the status quo can be rewarding.
Now, all this art is for sale, and is often available unframed in various sizes, from $275. and up, so don't be afraid of feeding the artists (Matt is an artist too, a cappuccino artist).