French photographer Thomas Zamolo is perhaps best known for his work with mosaic. In his images he explores a wide range of topics from surreal landscape to psychosocial staged scenes.
Instant film and I have been confronting each other since our first meeting. I now come to understand that right from the start and through the interest, challenge, frustration, pride: we were simply collaborating all along. At times, I am mistreating it and in other moments the film is showing me it’s artistic power, nourishing my curiosity to push it even further.
These multiple experiences with polaroid led me to slowly build a body of work, creating photographs ranging from mosaic to landscape to portraits. Fascinated by instant film and its possibilities I started the exploration of different techniques and projects that attracted me. I am not the type of photographer that will want to shoot with the same camera and film my whole life. I am too unfaithful for that and way too excited about the potential this medium has to offer.
While using the classical canon of beauty, I’m seeking a multiple layering in the reading of my photographs. An exploration and questioning of the content but at times also commenting on the support or context of photography itself.
As an artist, it is hard these days not to be affected by what is happening around us. Since a couple of years and with different series or projects, I find myself attracted to work around the topics of identity, gender, beauty, eroticism, nihilism and other darker feelings the human soul can be tormented with.
Thomas Zamolo
Born in France, Thomas Zamolo is an eclectic artist whose practice is at the intersection of photography, dance and lighting design.
Thomas Zamolo, Lost Shadows & Not yet, already gone
October 12 to November 26, 2017
Little Big Galerie
45 rue Lepic
75018 Paris
France
