Unlike the entomologist who "pin up" his specimens carefully to not conceal their anatomy, I prefer to hide mine! What importance has the truth if it obliges me to destroy my subjects to dissect them. My insects are only approximations! If I intrude in their parallel everyday life it is to gather a few excerpts of their short stories which usually take place behind closed doors. Never mind if I miss what others regard as essential. And if I am deaf to the tragedies related to the survival of the species that prevail here. I am aware that my photographs only scratch the surface of this world. But with the hope to collect perhaps a touch of poetry!
You can see the photographs at http://da-vid.jalbum.net/approximations/index.html
About the Author
David Ponce
david-ponce
Corenc (38), France
Through photography, I found a way not only to record memories, but also to express my feelings, a way to see the world in my own way. And the "frame", inherently reductive, proved me, on the contrary, that it can open new perspectives, which ask new questions.
Grâce à la photographie, j'ai trouvé un moyen, non seulement d'enregistrer des souvenirs, mais aussi d'exprimer mes sentiments, une façon de voir le monde à ma façon. Et le «cadre», intrinsèquement réducteur, m'a prouvé, au contraire, qu'il peut ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives, qui posent des questions nouvelles.
Publish Date July 09, 2008
Dimensions Standard Portrait 78 pgs
Standard Paper
Category Fine Art Photography
Tags black and white, noir et blanc, black&white, b&w, bw, art, photography, insect, insects, france, macro, spider, french