Alain Fleischer is one of France's leading contemporary photographer, filmmaker and writer. He founded the National Studio of Contemporary Arts - Le Fresnoy, of which he is the director since 1997. The selection of the artworks deals with the themes of photography and cinema in which the artist explores the notions of time and movement.
The photographs exhibited are very different from those I've seen before in other exhibitions. They fully displayed the photographer's creativity and imagination. You can see two different images in one photograph. For instance you can see a scenery of night as backdrop with a "hidden" face of woman in the foreground of the photo.
I'm glad I didn't view this exhibition at night since there are several photos that appear to be rather errie as you will see ghostly "faces" at scenes of night or female nudes re-photographed within an errie setting. More importantly, the figures in the foreground gives the impression she doesn’t want to be photographed, but nonetheless ‘captured’, taken, and possessed on paper.
Female nudes also seem to be an obsession with him for some of the photos. At times I wonder why, but it's true that all his female nudes models has a certain classic Western beauty look that makes the photos more distinctly different.
My favourite photograph displays a superimposed image of a couple at forefront and the city lights as backdrop, like a typical movie poster. Overall, I'm rather impressed with the technique used by the photographer and his creativity in the photographs.
Hopefully, there will be a time that I can also be creative and good in the photos taken.
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