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Benoit Paillé

May 07, 2017

Mindsparkle Mag

Surreal Mexico Photography

Benoit Paill/u00e9/u00a0is on the road in his/u00a0small 21 feet camper for 3 years now. He chose to transform his/u00a0life in an attempt to transform his/u00a0art. It was for him/u00a0a radical decision. Gaining mobility favorised the emergence of situations that arise his/u00a0creativity. He travels to the places that interests him/u00a0the most, in between countryside and cities, industrial districts, strange parkinglots, documenting at the same time his/u00a0encounters. Since then, his/u00a0work became quite biographical and helped a lot to feed his/u00a0curiosity. All the pictures he/u00a0takes are not set-up, they are spontaneous using the real flash effect and people on site. His/u00a0subjects remains mostly strangers or friends that he often juxtaposes to a cheesy panorama with a powerful immersive esthetic. He/u00a0started experimenting with the colored gels as well giving a new dimension to the picture he/u00a0creates and imprinting his/u00a0own presence in the image. In this serie/u00a0he/u00a0wants to continue explore the relations between humans and their environment, the exploitation of mass tourism, the concept of private properties and manufactured landscapes. Creating totally surreal pictures without the artifices of extensive retouch. Wired with solar panel, he/u00a0is totally autonomous (off the grid) in terms of electrical energy, wich allows him/u00a0an incomparable liberty of movement. The campeur is truly his/u00a0home, with the retouch center, he even owns a toaster, wich is real luxury. His art is what allows him/u00a0to sustain this way of life.

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