Petersen puts himself in intimate situations with people, framing so tightly as to cut off their hands and feet, or parts of their face. He takes the same approach with animals and object: a length of pipe, a cluster of mushrooms, a window display of pliers and scissors make the most mundane objects stand out. The photographer, in his books and exhibitions, juxtaposes the bodies of human and animal , combining the artefactual and the organic, not as product of a philosophical reflection, but as a dialogue in images. Visual relation creates a rhythm and a structure, a deconstructed narrative that leaves the horizon open for the viewer’s imagination. “Without the audience, the readers, there are no stories. The reader makes the story through the act of reading. […] Photography tells stories one way or another.”
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
