jules valentin

A QUIET MORNING

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The sky, ocean, coastlines, and horizon are brought together in the solitude of the undecided hours of dawn or twilight. Strangely, the scene seems to exist in an alien space, which is contradicted by the presence of the familiar: beacons, dykes, lighthouses, jetties, and walkways. His seascapes invite us to commune with the image. Like Atget\'s photographs, they are devoid of all human presence. Only the traces of human acts allusively imply their presence. The viewers imagination is given free reign to invent a seascape narrative. In this world, where the horizon is neither sky nor land, the exposure time varies from minutes to hours, producing a contrast of textures, emblematic of Jules Valentin\'s style. Quiet morning was captured in Saint-Malo in 2016. According to the photographer, we can observe the slow passing of time over the diving board of the seawater pool at Bon Secours beach.

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