"My first encounter with photography took place when my father performed some strange static dances with an object in front of his face. Later he would close himself up in a special room under the house for long periods of time, and no one was allowed in. My mother diligently made sure that he was left to his own devices whilst inside. One day I was authorized to enter the room and allowed to stay, but on the condition that I didn't move or went out. There was unique chemical perfume, and a red light.
I was bewildered: my father appeared flashing a white light on a piece of paper using a stange apparatus. Then he dipped it into a clear liquid and Behold! I couldn't believe it, A miracle! My father was a wizard who created pictures.
In the following years I didn't really follow his experiments, I was was too young to manipulate cameras and I prefered to draw. Photography, Architecture and Art was always present around us and I still remember black and white exhibitions that we visited.
When I was a teenager, I continued to draw, and I started painting a little. I even took part in some local exhibitions. At the age of 17 I began to take photographs sometimes , I was especially fascinated by mineralogical micromounts. I started studying biochemistry, but after 3 years I changed to Poitiers school of fine-arts, and took an interest in computer graphics and generated imagery.
Whilst I was there I meet Alain Fleig who introduced me to art photography. I also felt a need to practise photography, and with a friend we spent a lot of time learning how to develop films and photographies. We did sessions with models, scenery, and discovered France.
The second year I had my first personal exhibition in a gallery, which was a great experience, then a training placement with Philippe Salaün, who was at this time Robert Doisneau's developper. Following this I did some jobs for organizations, shows or specific orders. Then I started in december 1995 working with computer graphics and made use of the Internet .
I worked in artistic direction for several years, then digital cameras came and I found in them the way to process quickly and experiment without burning to many strips.
Now I meet and exchange with lot of photographers, while Digital SLR bodies were produced and allowed me to have exactly what I wanted with different lens and power features. I continue to produce some material and I'm engaged and maintain collaborative projects such as Preface, M42 or Portfolio."
My first encounter with photography took place when my father performed some strange static dances with an object in front of his face. Later he would close himself up in a special room under the house for long periods of time, and no one was allowed in. My mother diligently made sure that he was left to his own devices whilst inside. One day I was authorized to enter the room and allowed to stay, but on the condition that I didn't move or went out. There was unique chemical perfume, and a red light.
I was bewildered: my father appeared flashing a white light on a piece of paper using a stange apparatus. Then he dipped it into a clear liquid and Behold! I couldn't believe it, A miracle! My father was a wizard who created pictures.
In the following years I didn't really follow his experiments, I was was too young to ...
L'ATELIER A vous invite aux 2 soirées de projections organisées dans le cadre du OFF de la Quinzaine Photographique Nantaise :
1 # jeudi 18 septembre a partir de 21h – Dans la cour de la Galerie Atelier A.
Dans le monde pas si sombre de la photographie de nuit
Entrée gratuite
Consacrée à la photographie de nuit et au ‘light painting’ (technique consistant à utiliser une torche électrique comme un pinceau afin de réaliser des traces de lumière sur l’image) cette soirée de projection est une invitation au partage de ce que vivent les photographes travaillant la nuit, à découvrir ce que l’appareil capte dans l’obscurité.
2# jeudi 25 septembre a partir d...
25 photographes, une centaine de tirages originaux!
1ere exposition du Collectif 8Reg'Art (Alain Etchepare, Philippe Leclerc, Bruno Mercier, Philippe Mougin, Michel Rajkovic, Julie Rey, Xavier Rey, Antoine Soubigou)...
À travers la fenêtre carrée, noire et blanche qu'il a dessinée sur le monde, Denis Olivier s'attache au temps de méditer sur la beauté et la fragilité du monde.
L'univers recréé, devient étrangement autre, mystérieux, silencieux, comme un vide distendu qui nous enseigne le sens du temps, de l'espace et du silence au-delà de l'échelle humaine.
Il lui faut alors guetter, patiemment, des formes recherchées, la présence oubliée des hommes, abandonnée là, parfois depuis très longtemps, immuable, figées dans ce même silence.
Les inclure dans des paysages dépouillés, occupées par un vide dérobé, faisant vivre de façon intense les moindres détails, les moindres traces, comme autant de signatures laissées par le passé, qui, même solitaires ou immobiles, subsistent intensément.
A trave...
Les images de Denis Olivier ne montrent pas, elles suggèrent, invitent au voyage, au rêve... on s'immerge dans un univers immobile. Des paysages de dépouillement donnent un étrange sentiment de temps suspendu. Dans des jeux de lumière, d'ombre de formes géométriques, rien ne semble troubler l'apparence du calme et de la sérénité de ces paysages. Dans la lignée des créations de Mickaël Kenna, de Rolfe Horm, de Bill Schwab, Denis Olivier travaille en noir et blanc et au format carré. Son oeuvre empreinte de subtile délicatesse, prendra toute sa dimension dans l'intimité de la Base sous marine....