Staircases are fascinating elements: depending on the angle you look at them, they tell a different story that will awaken your imagination.
When discovering this staircase in a stunning building in Antwerp, Belgium, I soon realized that its staircase would offer a great creative opportunity for my photography. I may safely say I was right, as I was able to transform its spirality into a dream party. A party in which I could see the various lines and forms interfere and lead to unknown beauty and horizons.
But there is more. Is this a drawing? A photograph? Do you notice the pencil lines trace the curves of the staircase and its surroundings? I love playing with this thin border in my photography. La Fête au Village is one of these pictures where what one sees is not what it seems. In my imaginary world, the element in the picture is not just a staircase. It is much more than that, and this is what I want my viewers to understand by using a caption to open the door to their imagination.
How about adding motion and liveliness to these details that would otherwise live such a lonely existence? How about imagining the scene as that specific moment when components grasp that they might represent something different than bars, steps, and marble? Or the complete opposite? Are you ready to enter that perception? What is it that you see?
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