synopsis
The subject and outline of the pictures in the book concentrate on the Sámi people. They spread out over an immense area, from the extreme north-west of Scandinavia as far as the Kola peninsula, in Russia. These people survived for thousands of years in extreme climatic conditions. Their existence is often precarious, as they have lived through periods of colonization, and the gradual erosion of their culture. The “Máze” series of photographs touch upon the environmental, political and economic aspects of the Sámi, but the pictures are also concerned with vital contemporary issues such as IT globalization, the preservation of individual identity, as well as broader issues.
The pictures of Céline Clanet seem to share a documentary vision and a conceptual approach. This juxtaposition translates into one of her main concerns: the importance of time present. For her, life consists of a succession of moments set firmly in the present, not events which occur or have occurred after a lapse of time, highlighted by some seminal event...she shows that action and contemplation, daydream and objective observation are all one, and go together as an integral part of life. They can also, thankfully, generate sensations of wonderful serenity despite a sometimes hostile background.
- Awen Jones
The pictures of Céline Clanet seem to share a documentary vision and a conceptual approach. This juxtaposition translates into one of her main concerns: the importance of time present. For her, life consists of a succession of moments set firmly in the present, not events which occur or have occurred after a lapse of time, highlighted by some seminal event...she shows that action and contemplation, daydream and objective observation are all one, and go together as an integral part of life. They can also, thankfully, generate sensations of wonderful serenity despite a sometimes hostile background.
- Awen Jones
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technical information
Publisher : Photolucida
2009
Dimensions : 22 x 26 cm
80 pages, 52 color photographs
hardbound
In english
2009
Dimensions : 22 x 26 cm
80 pages, 52 color photographs
hardbound
In english
about Céline Clanet
Céline Clanet (1977, Chambéry) is a french photographer based in Paris, who graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie of Arles in 1999. She shares her photographic time between personal and commissioned projects, all around the world.
Her personal work focuses mostly on remote, secretive or unknown places, and their inhabitants, animals, mysteries.
Her clients include the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Pursuits, Travel+Leisure magazine, Dwell, Afar, Surface magazine, EnRoute/Air Canada, The Independent, Monocle, Le Monde, Zadig, Fédération Française de Tennis, Facim Foundation, Centre des Monuments Nationaux, Havas Worldwide, Vinci, Bouygues Building International, Bouygues TP, Moët Hennessy.
Her personal work focuses mostly on remote, secretive or unknown places, and their inhabitants, animals, mysteries.
Her clients include the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Pursuits, Travel+Leisure magazine, Dwell, Afar, Surface magazine, EnRoute/Air Canada, The Independent, Monocle, Le Monde, Zadig, Fédération Française de Tennis, Facim Foundation, Centre des Monuments Nationaux, Havas Worldwide, Vinci, Bouygues Building International, Bouygues TP, Moët Hennessy.
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Publisher : Photolucida
2009 (1st edition)
2009 (1st edition)