Gaïa du Rivau

My photos taken in black and white, worked, on metal plates, on palisades. Colours to amplify the real, add a pictorial dimension. Expression workshops for children from 6 to 10 years old: painting, photo, drawing, paper-maché.

My black-and-white photos are worked, mounted on dented or torn metal sheets, or on pieces of pallet or wood transformed into fences.
The advent of digital technology inspired me to go beyond photography, to add a pictorial dimension combined with the material of the support: metal, wood and other materials.

My approach is a search for materials, shapes and colors to amplify reality.
This re-creation becomes another material reality, dreamlike, soft and powerful at the same time... an image seen between memories and the imaginary.