Through the frosted glass of the camera, Éric Dessert, photographer friends, return the power of the elements in place, balance suspended, on the move: rocks, sea, trees and air. On this island of Port-Cros he captures these moments and capture unstable, measurement scale, the peak year. His photographs, as prints, give to see the grain of things, their texture: scratches, scratches, tears, needles and twigs, bark … or folds of smooth water. Black, white and especially this endless gray write the extreme delicacy of light and materials and highlight each "geography". The frames, beautifully composed and balanced expression of stability, permanence and harmony but also the fragility of the place.
These images are the result of an order of the Conservatoire du Littoral. This site is for the Conservatoire (national public institution). Its mission is to preserve, in partnership with local authorities, natural coastal or lake of biological or landscape.
Coproducer
Conservatoire du littoral
Released
10/07/2008
Collection
Hors Collection
Format
170 x 210
Relié couverture cartonnée
28 duo tone photos
64 pages
ISBN : 978-2-350461-38-0
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Né à Sainte-Radegonde en 1957. Diplômé de la section humanités photographiques, Institut Saint-Luc de Tournai (Belgique), sous la direction du professeur Jan Maertens. Master d’arts plastiques, mention esthétique, pratique et théorie des arts contemporains, Université Charles-de-Gaulle, Lille3  sous la direction du professeur Jean-Etienne Grislain. Travaille pour la direction de la culture à la Région Rhône-Alpes. Représenté par la galerie Camera Obscura, Paris.
Annie Tardivon, Emmanuel Jalbert, sont deux architectes paysagistes associés, ils viennent terminer l’aménagement des Berges du Rhône à Lyon qui permet de relier les parcs de Gerland et la cité internationale.
Directeur du Conservatoire du littoral.