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Praia Piquinia 11/08/10 12h15
by Christian Chaize

ARTIST STATEMENT

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”—Marcel Proust

Five years ago, Portugal did present itself as a new landscape in my life—both literally and metaphorically. Since then, I have photographed exclusively along a very small stretch of its southern coastline. Returning to this specific place, I’ve sought out its nuances. In doing so, I have peeled back layers of how I see, and how I experience this magical environment.

The results of my slight obsession have evolved into two distinct series. Here are two images from Praia Piquinia, a body of work focusing on a singular, secluded beachfront in which all of the pictures are taken from essentially the same elevated angle. What the still life was for Morandi, this beach is for me. From a distance, I observe the variables: light, weather, time of day, the ebb and flow of the ocean and the sunbathers, unaware, below my large-format camera. The images are shot vertically, a departure from the traditional, horizontal format in landscape photography. It puts my subject matter in the form of a portrait—an ongoing record of this ethereal yet playful nook in nature over the minutes, the days, the years. Ultimately, I try to instill an element of time within these captured moments…visceral time, elastic from one image to another. And always, I seek to have new eyes.

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Praia Piquinia 11/08/10 12h15

by Christian Chaize

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