In his new photo book Célestial, French photographer Vincent Ferrané explores emotional functioning through a series that ventures into visual processing. The project is based on warm-up poses from contortion practices. The graphic treatment of the contorted body within a mundane interior takes on a higher dimension through the association of multiple images captured during the shoot – images that are slightly different but similar enough to allow axes of symmetry to align them, creating a new image altogether.The result oscillates between hypnotic patterns, Rorschach tests, and a visual game where the center and periphery of the image seem intimately connected. As in the… Read more
In his new photo book Célestial, French photographer Vincent Ferrané explores emotional functioning through a series that ventures into visual processing. The project is based on warm-up poses from contortion practices. The graphic treatment of the contorted body within a mundane interior takes on a higher dimension through the association of multiple images captured during the shoot – images that are slightly different but similar enough to allow axes of symmetry to align them, creating a new image altogether.
The result oscillates between hypnotic patterns, Rorschach tests, and a visual game where the center and periphery of the image seem intimately connected. As in the artist’s previous book with Art Paper Editions (Inner, 2022), a female figure takes centre stage. Here, the intimate space serves as a backdrop for a choreography organised into a rhythmic pattern.
This figure is Céleste, a professional dancer portrayed as a supernatural and transformative subject. A kaleidoscopic exploration made possible by the book object.
64 pages, 22 x 32.5 cm, softcover, Art Paper Editions (Ghent).
