New York – a city for photography, a city for fiction, a city that has always provided a backdrop for the world in perpetual motion. Pascal Aimar spent two and a half years in the Big Apple and when he returned for a twenty-day stay in 1991, it was as if he’d never been away. While he was there, he was bouyed along by the vibrant buzz, blending into the urban bustle as he captured some unique sights. With a watchful eye, he opened some surprising doors, reflecting an absurd society where everyone invents themseves.These instants are like exclamation marks emphasising what we don’t usually see. Using the visual language of street photography, Pascal Aimar makes us feel like we are there with him. Following in the footsteps of Frank, Klein and Friedlander, he shoots on the fly capturing these tiny fragments of stories, of solitudes that fade to make way for the presentation of self. These fleeting moments give off a very singular atmosphere, blending sounds, smells and transitory sensations.
Pascal Aimar
He was born in 1961 in Paris.
Pascal Aimar isolates figures in the crowd. Caught furtively, these imperceptible faces look like us. Serving as mirrors of our own solitude, they appear and disappear like fragments of souls. Although he crops in close, Aimar doesn’t focus on individuals and hence reveals a ruthless, tragic element of human consciousness.
1987 Collaboration with Libération and VU’ agency, Pascal Aimar moved to the USA.
1991 First exhibition of New York City in Barcelona (Spain).
2002 Laureate of Prix de l’aide au projet des Rencontres internationales de la photographie d’Arles with « Car en Sac » series.
2005 Exhibition of « Car en Sac » at FOAM, Amsterdam.
2006 He made a documentary film about Tendance Floue, presented by Raymond Depardon and screened at the Rencontres d’Arles.
2011 Exhibition of « Figure(s) » which brings together several series « Car en Sac », « Passantes » and « Foule » at galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris.
