INTERVIEW WITH PHOTOGRAPHER PIERRE GONNORD IN SOME/THINGS CHAPTER005
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/ I AM INTERESTED IN OLD HUMAN SOCIAL GROUPS that are disappearing, SUCH AS GYPSIES, FARMERS, COAL MINERS AND TRADITIONAL FISHERMEN. I TRY TO MAKE PORTRAITS FROM BEHIND THE MASK, UNDER THE SKIN, THAT SPEAK OF INDIVIDUALITY withIN THE GROUP AND UNIQUENESS IN THE HUMAN RACE. TO ERASE EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE FACE, USE CLOTHES WITH THE LEAST DETAIL, THE SOBRIETY OF THE COLORS THAT ACTUALLY EXIST IN THE PEOPLE I MEET— IN DARKNESS AND SILENCE... I WANT TO MAINTAIN A DISTANCE AND, IN A HIERATIC POSE, PHOTOGRAPH THAT WHICH FREEZES THE CHARACTER, TO BETTER PERCEIVE AND SUGGEST THE SECRET STORIES.
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