Nous n’étions que passage, 2025

Bianca Cassandre   New & remarkable Artists

This photograph confronts two temporalities of Paris: that monumental, of its architecture, and that fugitive, of the life that passes through it. In front of the Pont Alexandre III, perfectly recognizable by its ornaments and golden figures, a cyclist and a child cross the foreground in a rapid movement.

The blur transforms their silhouettes into ephemeral traces, while the bridge, the Seine, and the monumental column remain precisely drawn. This opposition between sharpness and movement creates a tension between what seems permanent and what lasts only a moment.

The light, the intense blue of the sky, and the golden flashes of the architecture evoke the emblematic image of Paris, but the moving presence of the figures disturbs this almost ideal vision. The city is no longer just contemplated: it is inhabited, traversed, and lived.

Through this work, Bianca Cassandre uses blur as a visual language to explore the passage of time and our perception of urban space. The ordinary moment thus becomes the meeting point between memory, movement, and permanence.

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