José NICOLAS (1956) - Lot 165

José NICOLAS (1956) Bureau orange, Madagascar, 2019 Silver print On the back, signed, titled, dated, located and numbered 1/8 Dimensions including margins: 40 x 30 cm Note: In this photograph taken in Madagascar in 2019, José Nicolas delicately captures a moment of intimacy and tenderness at the threshold of a modest "Orange office". The couple, embracing each other in a wooden doorway, seem suspended in a moment of simple, luminous complicity. The choice of silver-based black and white enhances the softness of the scene: the textures of the wood, the patterns of the fabric, the light caressing the faces, create an image that is both documentary and profoundly human. True to his approach, Nicolas here highlights the dignity of everyday life, revealing the history of a place through that of its inhabitants.