Photographs
- ISBN-10
- 3836525798
- ISBN-13
- 9783836525794
- Series
- Photographs
- Category
- Photography
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taschen America Llc
- Author
- Alice Springs
Description
Quand elle a commencé à faire de la photo, j'étais un peu sceptique. Ses premières oeuvres étaient très prometteuses et elle prenait un immense plaisir à photographier ses amis, mais je connaissais la chanson et je savais que la photographie est un art d'une simplicité trompeuse. On a la chance du débutant, puis on apprend les rudiments de la technique, quelques trucs et astuces, et la spontanéité disparaît. Mais ce ne fut pas son cas. Sa technique n'est pas devenue irréprochable, même après tant d'années, mais cela lui suffit. Alice prend rarement plus de deux ou trois pellicules, par crainte d'abuser de la patience des gens. Elle n'utilise aucune ficelle du métier, car elle ne les connaît pas. Elle préfère photographier sans détours les personnes pour qui elle éprouve de l'intérêt ou de la tendresse. Le résultat est souvent remarquable. Elle n'a pas son pareil pour les portraits. Nul doute qu'il existe aujourd'hui de grands portraitistes dont l'oeuvre a plus de poids, mais la sienne est unique en son genre. Ses portraits sont totalement innocents. Les rares fois où je l'ai regardé travailler, j'ai été sidéré par son absence de manipulation, par la façon dont elle se fondait dans le décor pour s'effacer totalement. Il arrive que certaines photos me soient familières sans que j'aie jamais rencontré les modèles. Quand je finis par faire leur connaissance, je suis toujours stupéfait de voir à quel point le portrait m'en a dit long sur la personne.
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