Dec 30

Dec 30 Photo Journal Monday: Pierre-Louis Ferrer

Raw

« RAW » is a photographic project composed of twenty photographs divided into ten diptychs.

This series illustrates the raw and natural character of the human being, revealed by the technique of ultraviolet photography.

My passion for the properties of light and optical sensors, concretized by my scientific studies, directs my photographic work towards a main axis: the imperceptible and the invisible, in the service of dreamlike and offbeat ambiances.

My first projects are based on long exposure work in urban environments, offering a refined and mysterious vision of places usually populated and agitated.

In 2012, I began to learn about infrared photography, a niche technique that allowed me to extend the spectrum of my photographs to a world invisible to the naked eye. I’m experimenting a lot with this poorly documented technique. I offer an alternative vision of my environment, borrowed from fantasy.

Thereafter, I work on ultraviolet photography technique, applied to the human body. I always follow the goal of revealing details that are invisible to the naked eye by revealing a vision that is both raw and fragile to the human being.

My photographic works also aim to question the spectator on the notion of perceptible and real environment and on his sensitivity to apprehend the world, confronting him with alternative visions of his environment.