Sunset Boulevard: angels doing their job just up the road from the Hollywood blockbusters. On the city’s big screen, unknowns strike a pose. Shadows and light frame the scene played out before our eyes. Los Angeles, an immense studio with infinite possibilities, becomes the ideal backdrop for a blend of fiction and reality.
Tapping into the universe of 1950s films noirs and B series kitsch imagery, Denis Bourges deals in the cinematic.
The scenes unfold in the dark room. There are some remarkable images, ones we will remember, ones we will refer to. These visual legends are sequences from an unfinished film. Scoffing at reality, making the everyday magical, capturing the rushes of day-to-day life. The men and women encountered across the city are the heroes of an upcoming photographic thriller.
Denis Bourges
He was born in 1966 in Saint-Brieuc.
Denis Bourges observes communities through the cracks and from behind closed doors, creating a strange effect where they seem to collide with one another. He takes an inventive approach which, combined with his ability to conjugate infinity and intimacy, brings us this close-up view of the social bonds uniting people across the different divides.
1991 First story about the legendary hall boxing ring Daumesnil. Creation of Tendance Floue.
1996 First trip to India. Photographs where published by Géo, Télérama, VSD,Le Monde Mag…
2008 Publication of “Entre 2 mondes”, Filigranes Edition. Exhibition part of the Month of Photography in Paris.
2010 Creation of Champs photographiques, photo festival in Ille-et-Vilaine.
2014 Publication of “Médecin de Campagne”, de Juillet Edition, Rennes.
2015 Exhibition of « Cathédrale », in part of manifestation d’art contemporain l’Art dans les Chapelles.
