The Surprised Gesture.
REVAULT Etienne.

The Surprised Gesture.

Louvre/Paris Museums
Regular price €29,00 €0,00 Unit price per
N° d'inventaire 30838
Format 25 x 25
Détails 175 p., numerous black and white photographs, paperback.
Publication Paris, 2002
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782879007465

As if the moment still needed to be surprised, photography fixes it, freezes the detail that says the essence of the work. Double surprise, then, that of the photographer's gaze which perhaps detects, in the instant of a pose, the intention of the artist... The gestures gathered here, brought together two by two, reveal the movement of the body, sensual or intellectual: gestures of tender or violent love, of struggle, of work, of play or of pleasure...

As if the moment still needed to be surprised, photography fixes it, freezes the detail that says the essence of the work. Double surprise, then, that of the photographer's gaze which perhaps detects, in the instant of a pose, the intention of the artist... The gestures gathered here, brought together two by two, reveal the movement of the body, sensual or intellectual: gestures of tender or violent love, of struggle, of work, of play or of pleasure...