géométrie1, 2025

Fabien Olart   Emerging artists

This black and white photograph captures the essence of the contemporary urban landscape.
The framing plays on a radical contrast between deep darkness and dazzling brightness.
On the left, the verticality of a building with geometric facades structures the space.
Rigid architecture dominates the composition, creating an effect of monumental wall.
A solitary silhouette stands out in a chiaroscuro shadow in the center of the image.
This tiny figure emphasizes the immensity of the structures surrounding it.
The horizon is punctuated by slender lampposts and distant urban blocks.
The white and empty sky accentuates the feeling of solitude and silence.
The work on shadows transforms the city into a graphic and stripped-down terrain.
The visual balance rests on the opposition between the straight lines of the building and the fragility of the human presence.
The image explores the relationship between the individual and the concrete environment.
The whole is characterized by technical precision and formal stripping away.