Phoenix canariensis, Jardin d'acclimatation, Ile de Tatihou, France.  This cyanotype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Phoenix canariensis, Jardin d'acclimatation, Ile de Tatihou, France.  This cyanotype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Flowering blue agave Agave franzosinii, Jardin marocain, Ile de Tatihou, France. This palladium-toned kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Palmier, Jardin d'acclimatation, Ile de Tatihou, France. This kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Mexican blue agave (Agave franzosinii), Jardin marocain, Ile de Tatihou, France.  This cyanotype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Marinescape intitled Le cul de loup, La Hougue, France.  This gold-toned Kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Goldorak, Batterie de la Judée, Cotentin, France. This gold-toned kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
La Feberliquette, Batterie de la Brulay, Cotentin, France. This gold-toned kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Notre-Dame-du-Grand-Retour, Gatteville-le-Phare, France.  This cyanotype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Ile de Tatihou, Cotentin, France.  This gold-toned kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Salle d'artillerie, Fort Vauban, Ile de Tatihou, France.   This gold-toned kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Blue agave (Agave franzosinii), Jardin marocain, Ile de Tatihou, France. This palladium-toned kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Allée couverte de la forge, Cotentin, France. This gold-toned kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Allée couverte de la forge, Cotentin, France. This palladium-toned kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Allée couverte de la forge, Cotentin, France.  This palladium-toned kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Pesdy, Fermanville, Cotentin, France.  This gold-toned Kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Alley of tree echiums from the Canaries (Echium pininana), Fermanville, Cotentin, France. This cyanotype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Serre du Château des Ravalet, Tourlaville, Cotentin, France.  This gold-toned Kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Chez Henri, Ile de Tatihou, France.  This gold-toned kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Serre du Château des Ravalet, Tourlaville, Cotentin, France.  This gold-toned Kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Chasse du Hameau Renouf, Fermanville, Cotentin, France.  This palladium-toned kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Jetty, Cap Lévi Port, Fermanville, Cotentin, France. 2020 This palladium-toned kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Canopée, la Vallée des Moulins, Cotentin, France. This gold-toned kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Fort du Cap Lévi, Fermanville, Cotentin, France.  This gold-toned kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Port du Becquet, Cotentin, France.  This gold-toned Kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Le phare, Port du Cap Lévi, Fermanville, Cotentin, France.  This cyanotype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Eucalyptus, Ile de Tatihou, France.   This cyanotype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Le Redoutable, La Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg, France. This gold-toned Kallitype print is part of the series Ferric, a large format analog photography study printed with iron-based alternative photography processes.
Phoenix canariensis, Jardin d’acclimatation, Ile de Tatihou, France. 2020
Flowering blue agave (Agave franzosinii), Jardin marocain, Ile de Tatihou, France. 2021
Palmier, Jardin d’acclimatation, Ile de Tatihou, France.
Mexican blue agave (Agave franzosinii), Jardin marocain, Ile de Tatihou, France. 2019
Le cul de loup, La Hougue, Normandie, France. 2017
Goldorak, Batterie de la Judée, Cotentin, France. 2020
La Feberliquette, Batterie de la Brulay, Cotentin, France. 2020
Notre-Dame-du-Grand-Retour, Gatteville-le-Phare, France. 2017
Ile de Tatihou, Cotentin, France. 2017
Salle d’artillerie, Fort Vauban, Ile de Tatihou, France. 2019
Mexican blue agave (Agave franzosinii), Jardin marocain, Ile de Tatihou, France. 2019
Allée couverte de la forge, Cotentin, France. 2019
Allée couverte de la forge, Cotentin, France. 2019
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Pesdy, Fermanville, Cotentin, France. 2019
Alley of tree echiums from the Canaries (Echium pininana), Fermanville, Cotentin, France.
Serre du Château des Ravalet, Tourlaville, Cotentin, France. 2020
Chez Henri, Ile de Tatihou, France. 2017
Serre du Château des Ravalet, Tourlaville, Cotentin, France. 2020
Chasse du Hameau Renouf, Fermanville, Cotentin, France. 2019
Jetty, Cap Lévi Port, Fermanville, Cotentin, France. 2020
Canopée, la Vallée des Moulins, Cotentin, France. 2017
Fort du Cap Lévi, Fermanville, Cotentin, France. 2017
Port du Becquet, Cotentin, France. 2017
Le phare, Port du Cap Lévi, Fermanville, Cotentin, France. 2017
Eucalyptus, Ile de Tatihou, France. 2021
Le Redoutable, La Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg, France. 2021
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Ferric

The results of the technical prowess of a few passionate scholars in the adaptation of numerous plant species from diverse biotopes, such as that of the Canary Islands, have swarmed in gardens and coastal areas where they consume the landscape with gusto. They offer a new aesthetic in these places preserved from urbanization, rubbing shoulders with artifacts from the Second World War and older remains that testify to the transmutation of this now rural and livestock-oriented landscape since the Neolithic era.

However there is a resilience of nature which allows an attractive continuity of the landscape. The monolithic coastline of granite is an impassable border where man cannot make his mark. Both a vector of transformation and a protected target, the Cotentin coastline is still desirable.

Ferric is an ongoing project of several years. I have been exploring the landscapes of the North Cotentin using large format film cameras and pinhole, bearing witness to a new picturesque, fruit of the clement Gulf Stream and of human intervention in his quest for the exotic and renewal.

I bring these landscapes to light in my Parisian laboratory, experimenting with iron salt processes to make the prints. The noble metals used in my blends (gold, silver and palladium) give various tones of sepia, Prussian blue, deep warm black which, like the efforts of botanists, are the result of a lifelong-learning continuum.

Ferrique

Les résultats des prouesses techniques de quelques érudits passionnés dans l’adaptation de nombreuses espèces végétales issues de biotopes diversifiés tels que celui des îles Canaries, ont essaimés dans les jardins et les zones littorales où elles consomment le paysage avec appétit.  Elles proposent une nouvelle esthétique en ces lieux préservés de l’urbanisation et côtoient les artefacts de la seconde guerre mondiale et des vestiges plus anciens qui témoignent de la transmutation de ce paysage aujourd’hui champêtre et tourné vers l’élevage, depuis le néolithique.

Cependant il existe une résilience de la nature qui permet une continuité attractive du paysage. La bande littorale granitique et monolithique est une frontière infranchissable où l’homme ne peut imprimer sa marque. A la fois vecteur de transformation et cible protégé le littoral du Cotentin reste encore désirable.

J’explore les paysages du Nord Cotentin à l’aide d’appareils argentiques grand format, chambre et sténopé et témoigne d’un nouveau pittoresque fruit des douceurs du Gulf Stream et de l’intervention humaine dans sa quête d’exotisme et de renouveau.

C’est dans mon laboratoire parisien que j’effectue la mise en lumière de ces paysages et expérimente des processus aux sels de fer pour la réalisation de ses tirages. Les métaux nobles des virages (or, argent, palladium) donnent des tons variés – sépia, bleu de Prusse, noir chaud profonds – qui à l’image des efforts des botanistes, sont le fruit d’un long continuum d’apprentissage.

Exhibition views taken during Ferric New Picturesque Normandy at Studio Galerie B&B in Paris, France from 9 - 28 November 2021.
Exhibition views taken during “Ferric” at Studio Galerie B&B in Paris, France from 9 – 28 November 2021.