© Stephane C.
Pavlov's Dog Gallery bergstrasse 19 d-10115 Berlin Allemagne
Pavlov´s dog is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of photographer Stéphane C. in Germany Si rien ne s’oppose a la nuit Stéphane communicates immediate world issues from a photographic point of view based on the idea that, “reality is an ambivalent structure, a mental frontier between things, an undefined border separating concrete and elusive fields of materiality and the invisible.” He uses photography as a means to describe poetically, our soul's inner struggle between contemplation and an untamed discontent. Before turning his focus to photography at the age of 27, Stéphane C. worked as a visual artistic director for a music company, music still remains a strong influence in his work and life.
Stéphane’s photographic work has remained focused on one project – an ongoing ‘research’ of his environment, his life and the people surrounding him, through which he seeks to lift the veil of uncertainty within human existence in an attempt to make sense of his lived experience. For Stéphane, photography holds the key to revealing what lies beneath the fragmented and vague shadows of his vision/his reality. Stéphane works constantly and passionately to bring light to peripheral darkness and to mirror what he experiences instinctually.
Through traveling and living in different countries and cities (Madrid, New York, Toulouse, Lyon, and mostly Paris), Stéphane C. photographs continuously, setting up a daily rhythm in order to capture as much as possible of the world – night and day, day and night.
He recently completed a six-months stay in Greece, where he also initiated collaborative projects with video and music. The exhibition at Pavlov´s dog will show a selection of Stéphane C.’s work from the past 10 years.
All photographs are on Baryta silver paper, hand printed by Stéphane. Stéphane C. (1976 - Lyon), has been exhibited / projected in several countries: France, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Italy, USA, Russia, Belgium, Greece and was most recently published in Mono, ‘a collection of the most talented contemporary b&w photographers’ published by Gomma Books in the UK. He currently lives and works in Paris.
Here is a video made by the artist : https://vimeo.com/57034270"
For further information please also visit: www.stephane-c.net and www.facebook.com/stephane.c.is.a.photographer and www.pavlovsdog.org
vignette © Stephane C.