• Description of portfolio Provence

This portfolio, the eighth work in the Five Elements collection, is a compilation of original photographs.

The Provence featured here is vegetable, mineral and aquatic. Each of these six photographs evokes Wood, Earth and Water, throughout the seasons.

This Provence is bounteous in the springtime, in Luberon, where poppies twirl around vines nestling along the edge of cornfields.
As summer draws to an end, its glimmer is reflected in the leaves of olive trees in the Pays de Sault.

Bathed in autumn light, it is mineral, almost lunar, in the Ubaye valley ­ its northernmost tip. But it is also majestic and sacred in winter, in the Pays d¹Aix, with its illustrious Sainte Victoire Mountain.

From the top of the spectacular Cap Canaille, the sparkling waters of the Mediterranean, the perfect embodiment of Water in Provence, are simply dazzling.
But this sea can become more subtle and poetic in the Camargue marshes, where pink flamingos abound.

While no human presence can be seen on these photographs , it is nevertheless conjured up in the graphics of the ³parchment² papers. It is by way of certain prominent symbols of Provençal culture embodying Wood, Earth and Water that we find a trace of humankind and its influence on these natural elements. The latter are translated here into the Provençal dialects spoken in the regions depicted: Rhodanien, Maritime and Gavot.

The photographs are printed on ³Pure Cotton Paper² 320g by Papeteries Zuber Rieder.
This paper is hand-made according to traditional savoir-faire.
The texts and drawings are printed on ³Cloudy Parchment Paper² 90g.
The PH-neutral, olive-green paper is acid-free and made according to eco-friendly processes.
Book 35x45cm. Photolithograph 28x38cm. Limited to 999 copies.

• Photolithographs and parrchments from the portfolio Provence

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• Some shots from the portfolio Provence