Le monde des deux, 2021

Bianca Cassandre   New & remarkable Artists

This photograph captures a moment of calm in the heart of the Parisian movement. On the banks of the Seine, a seated woman remains sharp and present while passersby move through the foreground, their silhouettes transformed by blur.

The contrast between immobility and movement structures the entire image. The figures passing become almost transparent, like traces left in space, while the central figure seems momentarily detached from the rhythm of the city. Around her, the Seine, the bridges, and the Parisian architecture place this intimate scene in an immediately recognizable landscape.

The composition also plays on oppositions: proximity and distance, presence and disappearance, agitation and contemplation. The blue tones of the sky and water respond to the warmer colors of the silhouettes and the vegetation, giving the scene a depth that is both real and almost pictorial.

Through this work, Bianca Cassandre uses blur to make perceptible the passage of time. The photograph no longer just freezes a moment: it unites, in a single image, those who pass and the one who remains.

Pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 g/m² paper, presented with matting in a black aluminum Nielsen frame.