Petersen likes people, and his photographs take on a carnal and sensual aura through the simple choice of shooting close-up. Faces can lie, but the body language he captures, in Café Lehmitz and later works, expresses the reality of desire and dread, loneliness and distrust. The gestures are captured in passing with all the spontaneity, speed and power of a snapshot. Bringing them together creates harmonic compositions, a corporal syntax that goes beyond the boundaries of cultures, “to be as near as possible to the primitive body in its reactions.” (p. 63)
Anne Biroleau
BOOK
Anders Petersen (par) Christian Caujolle
Collection Juste entre nous
André Frère Éditions
2013
EXHIBITION
Anders Petersen [photographies]
November 13th 2013 – February 2nd 2014
BNF Site Richelieu
5, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris
France
http://www.bnf.fr/fr/evenements_et_culture/anx_expositions/f.anders_petersen.html
Anders Petersen, To Belong
November 8th – January 11th, 2014
Galerie VU’
58 Rue Saint-Lazare
75009 Paris
France
http://www.galerievu.com
