DAY ONE

The focalization of our eyes, be it practical, emotional or intellectual, will never reveal but a tiny fraction of the visible world, even if the latter is there for all to see. Like a mobile and adaptable projector, our relation to reality is nothing but a finite and often superficial viewpoint. Very early, I realized that, paradoxically enough, the immediacy of our perception guaranteed neither objectivity nor insight, and that, accordingly, photography could both unveil and reveal reality. At the height of my fascination for the visible, I sensed that it would only give away its truth in a roundabout and surprising way ; that it would show itself to me only by means of some sort of indirect game, like an image hunt. A photograph is endowed with a form of innocence. If it seems to mirror the staring eyes, it may also take them aback and escape their viewpoint, leaving another reality in its stead.