Dust.
Light Motiv| N° d'inventaire | 23837 |
| Format | 30 x 33 |
| Détails | 84 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | The Madeleine, 2018 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9791095118084 |
In the previous work, NORD, published in April 2016 by Light Motiv, the photographer flew over the axis of reconversion of industrial heritage between Arras and Antwerp.
With this new series, DUST, he explores the boundary between water and land around Utah's Salt Lake, where human exploitation of sodium, magnesium, potassium, and oil is taking place. The stunning colors result from the concentration of salt, algae, and microorganisms, or are artificially generated by additives that accelerate evaporation or by a few discharges from the rare installations.
Production protocol: during several residencies spread over 3 years, Jérémie Lenoir photographed the contours of the salt lake, multiplying flights above each selected space to follow, trace and understand its transformation.
The photographer always takes his shots at the same time, around noon, when the sun is at its zenith; this light, which crushes the reliefs and colors, offers a neutrality and flatness essential to achieve this confusion between photography and painting. All the images are also captured at the same altitude, around 450m / 1500ft, and with the same fixed focal length to achieve a consistency of scale.
By combining aerial viewpoint and abstraction, the artist continues his work of landscape anthropology while experimenting, even more intensely in this new series, with the limits of the photographic medium; a sensitive and unique look at our contemporary world.
In the previous work, NORD, published in April 2016 by Light Motiv, the photographer flew over the axis of reconversion of industrial heritage between Arras and Antwerp.
With this new series, DUST, he explores the boundary between water and land around Utah's Salt Lake, where human exploitation of sodium, magnesium, potassium, and oil is taking place. The stunning colors result from the concentration of salt, algae, and microorganisms, or are artificially generated by additives that accelerate evaporation or by a few discharges from the rare installations.
Production protocol: during several residencies spread over 3 years, Jérémie Lenoir photographed the contours of the salt lake, multiplying flights above each selected space to follow, trace and understand its transformation.
The photographer always takes his shots at the same time, around noon, when the sun is at its zenith; this light, which crushes the reliefs and colors, offers a neutrality and flatness essential to achieve this confusion between photography and painting. All the images are also captured at the same altitude, around 450m / 1500ft, and with the same fixed focal length to achieve a consistency of scale.
By combining aerial viewpoint and abstraction, the artist continues his work of landscape anthropology while experimenting, even more intensely in this new series, with the limits of the photographic medium; a sensitive and unique look at our contemporary world.