Thierry Ardouin works on the links that Man maintains with his environment ("Pinhole Surveillance", "Portrait of Seeds"), the way in which he transforms it ("Nada"), the imprints he leaves there ("Beijing, Clean City"), the new landscapes he creates ("The Franchised City").
Thierry Ardouin works on the links that Man maintains with his environment ("Pinhole Surveillance", "Portrait of Seeds"), the way in which he transforms it ("Nada"), the imprints he leaves there ("Beijing, Clean City"), the new landscapes he creates ("The Franchised City").
Thierry Ardouin thus observes the impact of human beings on their planet, which is increasingly disconnected.
The use of rare and ancient techniques and formats, such as pinhole, microphotography, view camera or cyanotype, allows him to fully restore time to time.
Thierry Ardouin is co-founder of the Tendance Floue collective.
Some dates
1995. Leaves the infinitely small space of his research laboratory to devote himself entirely to photography.
2003-2010. Ventures with his camera into wide open spaces and nothingness and produces several subjects on man and his environment.
2013-2015. Production of "Paroles d'europeens", a documentary on the consequences of the economic crisis experienced by Europeans.
2009-2019. Exhibitions of "Seed Portraits", at the Laboratoire (Paris), "Les photographiques" (Le Mans), Jardi Botanico de Valencia (Spain), "Les Photaumnales" (Beauvais).
2013-2016. Initiator, artistic director and participant in "Korea On/OFF", a collective project by Tendance Floue as part of the France-South Korea cross-year. An exhibition at the Cité Internationale des Arts, at the Goeun Museum in Busan (South Korea), an e-book and an exhibition catalog.
