Claude Charlebois
Altered States of Reality: an Exhibition of Analog and Digital Photography
April 24 - May 15, 2012
Reception:
Thursday April 26, 2012 6-8 PM
Press Release
The “sacredness of nature” is at the center of Claude Charlebois’ photographs. Tree trunks, birds, butterflies and dramatically lit skies surround his human figures. Charlebois creates dreamlike images in which people who look as if they could have stepped directly out of a new reality are placed in environments that the photographer renders with striking clarity. An expert at in situ shootings, he renders his images as limited edition giclée prints that have an astonishing degree of definition. This gives the otherworldly atmosphere of those photographs a palpable physicality, resulting in images with a surrealist aura.
The artist is particularly good at giving light a life of its own. Whether it appears to be pouring between tree branches, animating the mist hanging in the air, or lending clouds a suggestion of physical force, light is always an active agent in these photographs, giving them a powerful sense of motion. The seductive images catch the viewer up in a world that is highly recognizable, but always maintains a sense of distance and mystery.
Artist Statement
It has been said that an image is worth a thousand words, and this encapsulates the reason I discovered my love for photography. It is a renewed way of seeing for me, a reeducation of sight and an invitation to be totally, truly present. I also discovered poetry along the way and realized that a single sentence can inspire a thousand images. I have been called a 'visual poet' and love to pair the two together. I believe that man is a light and sound experience, and certainly words and images are the two most used symbols of communication. My world is made of light. I have been greatly inspired by the poetry that nature offers and the words of Kenneth G. Mills. I try to repair the scars we have created, to create and offer a new reality because… energy becomes what it thinks about.
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