Pascal QUITTEMELLE (1962) - Lot 203

Pascal QUITTEMELLE (1962) Horse show, La Lacelle, Orne, 1989 Silver print On back, signed, dated, titled and numbered 12/30 Dimensions including margins: 40 x 30 cm Note: Pascal Quittemelle (b. 1962) has developed a body of work deeply rooted in a documentary and humanistic approach, attentive to simple gestures, social rituals and everyday figures. His work favors patient observation and close contact with his subjects, subtly revealing human dynamics, silences and discreet complicities. He is part of a photographic tradition in which the image becomes both a testimony and a space for sensitive projection. With Concours hippique, La Lacelle, Orne (1989), Quittemelle captures a moment of pause, almost suspended, on the bangs of the event itself. The relaxed bodies, natural attitudes and uncluttered composition lend the scene a great deal of authenticity. The silver print emphasizes the richness of the textures and the depth of the gazes, giving this image a timeless dimension, where the banal becomes profoundly expressive.