“Always go back to the object itself, to its raw quality …” wrote the poet Francis Ponge. “Recognize the greater right of the object, its inalienable right, in relation to any poem.” Or photograph. Perhaps you shouldn't read the captions, just see what you see.
Self-portrait of the artist as a tool
"Hey buddy, got a light?" (Woodman humor)
What are you looking at?
Tough neighborhood in the donut box
The wild boar believed to be responsible for gashing the leg of Odysseus, leaving a scar by which the returning king was recognized many years later.
Everybody wants to leave a mark
Self-portrait of the artist as insomniac
An arboreal siesta
Homage to Francis Ponge*
*Photo courtesy of L'Institut Superieur des Arts Appliques, Le Bar-sur-Loup.
From the catalogue of the exhibition, L'HISTOIRE EVOLUTIVE DES CORBEILLES