TANIA AND VINCENT

Tania and Vincent met at the Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne where they trained in photography and graphic design. They have been living and working together for several years in Paris. Their work revolves around the still life. More than a simple photo of a frozen nature, their images are surrealist stagings made of collages with objects of different scales; a graphic trompe l'oeil that makes you lose your bearings, and where the multiple dimensions of the image are played out.

One of the most famous photographs by the great master Paul Outerbridge (1896-1958) is entitled Image of Deauville and dates from 1936. This American photographer, the first to reconcile art and commerce, probably never set foot in Deauville, but he imagined the town (with a dice, a silver sphere, a yellow pyramid, a seashell and a seascape) as a window through which to look at an inner landscape. Tania and Vincent came to Deauville to find the spirit of the master. At Planche(s) Contact in 2012, they imagined compositions made with souvenirs bought by tourists and incredible objects that a local collector has accumulated over the years. The series are treated as stories where each photograph is like a chapter. 

This photographic commission was their second work presented to the public after an exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in 2010.