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Name
Claire Amaouche
Title ︎︎︎ Wild Country
At some point in my photography journey, I became a bit tired of photographing people.
I had spent a lot of time visiting homes, connecting with individuals, creating some sort of intimacy that, I hoped, would transfer onto the frame.
More than anything, I wanted to understand people, relate to their stories, their joys and sufferings. And I was successful in doing so, I think, as I saw a bigger sense of empathy and humanity grow within me as I was bringing to life more and more images.
But simultaneously, my solitary wanderings brought me to more and more isolated places. I deserted big cities to lose myself far in desertic lands where only a few men had ever been and barely any remained. Slowly, my attention shifted towards empty and hostiles lands, and it wasn’t long until it captured my soul entirely. I no longer searched for the comforting presence of men, but for its complete absence.
Yet, there isn’t a place on earth that Man hasn’t explored and even in the uttermost wilderness, one could feel sometimes his distant presence, either in the vestiges of a past civilisation or within himself. In these desiccated lands, one then finds himself recreating a human connection, not within his peers, but in a curious form of harmony with a cruel and unforgiving nature.
I then wanted to create a series that, even though focusing on the feeling of emptiness, would try and signify a human presence in the distance, through painted silhouettes.
More than anything, I wanted to understand people, relate to their stories, their joys and sufferings. And I was successful in doing so, I think, as I saw a bigger sense of empathy and humanity grow within me as I was bringing to life more and more images.
But simultaneously, my solitary wanderings brought me to more and more isolated places. I deserted big cities to lose myself far in desertic lands where only a few men had ever been and barely any remained. Slowly, my attention shifted towards empty and hostiles lands, and it wasn’t long until it captured my soul entirely. I no longer searched for the comforting presence of men, but for its complete absence.
Yet, there isn’t a place on earth that Man hasn’t explored and even in the uttermost wilderness, one could feel sometimes his distant presence, either in the vestiges of a past civilisation or within himself. In these desiccated lands, one then finds himself recreating a human connection, not within his peers, but in a curious form of harmony with a cruel and unforgiving nature.
I then wanted to create a series that, even though focusing on the feeling of emptiness, would try and signify a human presence in the distance, through painted silhouettes.
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