The Franco-American photographer Alain Rivière-Lecoeur began his career in New York. He learned about light and rigor from the portraitist Hans Namuth, and about texture and material from the stylist Don Sagramoso. Chairs de terre: bodies frozen in motion. Man and mineral. Skin and the original earth. A two-year study that captures moments of abandon and intense emotion. In his last book, Entre homme et animal (Seuil), the photographer was already exploring the intimacy born from the deep affection between man and animal. With this latest work, the artist kneads and sculpts. The bodies are revealed through the material. The lens becomes witness to an unprecedented illumination. An intimacy is revealed through contact of skin and earth.
EXHIBITIONS
Chairs de terre d’Alain Rivière-Lecoeur
Through April 26th, 2015
Galerie Bettina Von Arnim
2, rue Bonaparte
Paris 75006
http://www.galeriebettina.com
Chairs de terre d’Alain Rivière-Lecoeur
From 7th to 17th May, 2015
La chapelle Sainte Anne
13200 Arles
http://www.fepn-arles.com
