ENTRY DESCRIPTION
I like the idea of a reality transformed by art, offering a gateway to the Secret, a secret revealed but still containing all its mystery.
As Carl Gustav Jung says, unconscious does not understand the language of the conscious; it needs the symbol to be able to accede to certain worlds.
I wanted to break the codes of colors, textures and forms of these flowers, tried to access to a poetic and symbolic vision. Reality of these flowers has not changed, but vision we have of these flowers has changed. This illusion allows us to surpass ourselves.
Trying to access the revealing function of the symbol allows us to approach invisible realities, to illuminate the darkness, and access to secret worlds.

AUTHOR
Patrick Desgraupes is a French photographer. He has trained on the job in different Parisian studios and in labs, in which he acquired an understanding of light, one of the strong traits of his current works. He made photographs of portrait, fashion, decoration, architecture and still life. His work has been published since 2004 at Editions de la Martinière (his book on the National Parks of France gets the second place at the National Tourism Award in 2010 in Paris), in numerous magazines and brochures. He has become a recognized landscape specialist in the 4x5 inches large format camera, and his work has been published in the USA and in seven European countries. He has made numerous exhibitions in Iceland, Belgium, France for the National Parks of France and the Ministry of Ecology, in Slovenia, on the island of Reunion and in Guadeloupe. His photographs testify to his passion for light.
He currently lives and works in France.

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