Fabien Fourcaud
Born in Agen in 1979, Fabien Fourcaud lives and works in Paris since 2007. French self-taught photographer, he was influenced in his approach by his work as artistic director in the 3D industry and virtual reality. His photographic work questions our relationship to the landscape. Always in search of tipping points, trouble areas, his work attempts to highlight the fine line between presence and absence. The treatment of his images questioning themselves the boundary between photography and painting. He received the Prix de la Photographie in Paris (category Fine Arts) in 2013. The Black Box gallery Portland (USA) exhibited his work the following year. Published in 2014 by Croque-Madame editions in the book bitterness Volume 1, and Volume 2 is soon to be published. His series "Excluding Reason" is also in preparation.
Land Without Shadows The Native American inhabitants of the region, the Lenape, called the island Narrioch – meaning “Land without shadows” – because, as with other south shore Long Island beaches, its orientation means the beach remains in sunlight all day. The Duch name for the island – originally Conyne Eylandt, or Konijneneiland in modern Dutch spelling – probably precedes the similar English name, Coney Island, with both translating as “Rabbit island”. As on other Long Island barrier islands, Coney Island had many and diverse rabbits, and rabbit hunting prospered until resort development eliminated their habitat.
Off Season If the concept of "territory" means a mode of relationship between a group of men and a space, what happens when a country ceases to be busy, used, practiced? Once a year, the resorts built exclusively to the attention of vacationers find themselves abandoned by their users. How enrolled in the visible this solitude in which they are temporarily immersed? What changes this abandonment of the men whom works on landscapes and everyday objects? What state change does imply? What happens to these cities "Beach", as their very name destined for this single use, when they no longer serve as a vacation spot?
© Fabien Fourcaud
