EVA STENRAM

Eva Stenram works with photographic images conceptually, paying attention to what forms an image. Here, the digital is a tool for reading and reappraising an analogue image. She reveals aspects of the picture that have been overlooked. She occludes the main subject of the image in order to produce a contemporary version of Parrhasius’s veil, where bodies are either erased or partially concealed. Neither collage nor montage, the photograph here becomes a new keyhole that triggers our desire to see.

NADÈGE MERIAU

Nadège Meriau uses the camera to look into edible things. Here photography constructs imaginary and viscous landscapes. Her point of view is that of the worm, getting into matter. She uses a large format camera to get into the porosity of bread and vegetables. Yet, here, closeness produces distant landscapes that are purely photographic. Her approach reminds us of Gustave Flaubert’s comment on seeing: that the short sighted are the ones who see best because they put their nose into the core of things.

REGINE PETERSEN

Regine Petersen chooses to investigate meteorites. These objects become signs for time and infinity. They are also still lives that resemble strange fetishes. People interact with them under a mesmerising light. Her work combines the intuitive approach of personal reportage with an attention to the specificity of photographic vision. These images trigger associations of ideas; they are ‘Denkbilder’ that aim to slow down our perception, hovering between story telling and story showing.