The photographer, portrait of Céleste L.
huile sur toile, 100×100 cm Prix2000€ + envoi
The gaze of the photographer fixes its object while the painter’s gaze envisages it. Celeste sees, she is the ultimate seer, and all her art is to see what there is to see, the scene, the light, and frame it through her lens. The painter rather seeks how to see, for he sees gropingly. He envisages the object (or subject), and his gaze passes through the hand to see. The photographer’s gaze captures, the painter’s gaze pursues (like a ‘follow-spot’ in a music hall) what his hand gives him to see. The painter does not see, he has seen, when the painting is finished, if he has succeeded.