Camera Model: Canon EOS RP

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I thus discovered the natural resources of this region for six weeks, through the different stages of cultivation of the vines. Participation 15/15 – Pierre-Louis Ferrer.

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Along with these agricultural works, I was struck by the social and cultural situation of Bar-sur-Aube, the city where I was staying. Travel restrictions prevent me from exploring the city at my leisure, so I extended my stay by two weeks after the lockdown was lifted to finalize this series by freely walking its streets. […]

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The natural and unspoiled expanses soon give way to fields and vines, marking at the same time the presence of man. Participation 15/15 – Pierre-Louis Ferrer.

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The spectator’s journey thus gradually leads him to move away from nature in order to get closer to the city, until the sign “Bar-sur-Aube”, marking a real border between two worlds. Participation 15/15 – Pierre-Louis Ferrer.

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Once this panel is passed, contemplation gradually gives way to disarray. The decrepit facades and social housing of the city center succeed the bourgeois residences of its perimeter. Participation 15/15 – Pierre-Louis Ferrer.

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Many businesses are for sale, while other buildings appear to have been hit by bombing and left as they are, as witnesses to a war that never took place here. Participation 15/15 – Pierre-Louis Ferrer.

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The atmosphere is such that the absence of passers-by in the middle of the day is not shocking; on the contrary, it tragically fits into the picture of a ghost town center. Participation 15/15 – Pierre-Louis Ferrer.

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However, the end of the trip is hopeful: the Saint-Macloud church, undergoing renovation work, illuminates the dark streets like a lighthouse in a storm, and invites the viewer to meditate. Participation 15/15 – Pierre-Louis Ferrer.

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The main theme covered in this series is invisibility. This invisibility is first characterized by the technique used to create this series: by photographing in the infrared domain, I capture a light signal invisible to the naked eye, revealing a nature with bright red hues. According to the spectator’s progression, red energizes, destabilizes then dramatizes. […]

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This capture of the physical invisible is used in the revelation of a social invisibility. Bar-sur-Aube symbolizes many cities in the region, media anonymous, sharing the same state of cultural and economic abandonment. Participation 15/15 – Pierre-Louis Ferrer.

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Who could believe that such a situation could exist in 2020 less than three hours from Paris, in a region benefiting from such natural wealth? Participation 15/15 – Pierre-Louis Ferrer.

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Finally, the impact of social invisibility is reinforced by the human invisibility characterizing each of my images: the spectator is directly immersed in each scene, without the possibility of concealing himself through a passer-by, in order to be totally faced with this situation. Participation 15/15 – Pierre-Louis Ferrer.