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This series of photographs was inspired by Honoré de Balzac's book Voyage de Paris ŕ Java first published in 1832. It is the imaginary account of a journey to Java, with amusing and shameless accounts of the beauty and allure of it's woman, nature and customs, closely aligned with the already widespread stereotypes of the time. Balzac delights in this armchair travel of the mind, of fantastic truth or forgeries as he puts it, and it is precisely this ambiguity between fact and fiction that is so inherent in the nature of photography. This body of work treads the same line between invention and reportage.
This series of photographs was inspired by Honoré de Balzac's book Voyage de Paris ŕ Java first published in 1832. It is the imaginary account of a journey to Java, with amusing and shameless accounts of the beauty and allure of it's woman, nature and customs, closely aligned with the already widespread stereotypes of the time. Balzac delights in this armchair travel of the mind, of fantastic truth or forgeries as he puts it, and it is precisely this ambiguity between fact and fiction that is so inherent in the nature of photography. This body of work treads the same line between invention and reportage.
This series of photographs was inspired by Honoré de Balzac's book Voyage de Paris ŕ Java first published in 1832. It is the imaginary account of a journey to Java, with amusing and shameless accounts of the beauty and allure of it's woman, nature and customs, closely aligned with the already widespread stereotypes of the time. Balzac delights in this armchair travel of the mind, of fantastic truth or forgeries as he puts it, and it is precisely this ambiguity between fact and fiction that is so inherent in the nature of photography. This body of work treads the same line between invention and reportage.
As a nostalgic person at heart, I am constantly looking to the past for inspiration. Working predominantly in Black and White, with a combination of Digital and Medium Format film cameras, I capture the beauty of the female form in a timeless way. These images are part of a bigger series entitled Timeless Beauty. They are shot in the gorgeous Californian and Tuscan countrysides. I wanted to focus on the nuances of skin against the complexities of nature. Also taking into account the way the light dances off the form of the body. By combining a contemporary sensibility with my deep seated love of the classical styling’s of Man Ray, George Hurrell and of course Edward Weston, I have created my own voice and vision of the female form.
As a nostalgic person at heart, I am constantly looking to the past for inspiration. Working predominantly in Black and White, with a combination of Digital and Medium Format film cameras, I capture the beauty of the female form in a timeless way. These images are part of a bigger series entitled Timeless Beauty. They are shot in the gorgeous Californian and Tuscan countrysides. I wanted to focus on the nuances of skin against the complexities of nature. Also taking into account the way the light dances off the form of the body. By combining a contemporary sensibility with my deep seated love of the classical styling’s of Man Ray, George Hurrell and of course Edward Weston, I have created my own voice and vision of the female form.
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This series of photographs was inspired by Honoré de Balzac's book Voyage de Paris ŕ Java first published in 1832. It is the imaginary account of a journey to Java, with amusing and shameless accounts of the beauty and allure of it's woman, nature and customs, closely aligned with the already widespread stereotypes of the time. Balzac delights in this armchair travel of the mind, of fantastic truth or forgeries as he puts it, and it is precisely this ambiguity between fact and fiction that is so inherent in the nature of photography. This body of work treads the same line between invention and reportage.

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This series of photographs was inspired by Honoré de Balzac's book Voyage de Paris ŕ Java first published in 1832. It is the imaginary account of a journey to Java, with amusing and shameless accounts of the beauty and allure of it's woman, nature and customs, closely aligned with the already widespread stereotypes of the time. Balzac delights in this armchair travel of the mind, of fantastic truth or forgeries as he puts it, and it is precisely this ambiguity between fact and fiction that is so inherent in the nature of photography. This body of work treads the same line between invention and reportage.