The dark side of the moon
Alastair
Magnaldo
About this photograph :
The dark side of the moon
The reproduction of the landscape is the source of his work. In effect, the photographic representation of landscapes although excellently executed by many authors has limits: a landscape goes well beyond its strict representation, it is an invitation. For Alastair Magnaldo it is an invitation to dreams and poetry, where each detail has its own sense, each element its use, each scene its story to tell.
Who has never dreamt of sleeping in cotton-wool clouds, to twirl amongst the stars and to rub shoulders with the moon? These are childish, simple emotions, inevitably constrained in some place by a traditional photographic reduction that he wanted to bring out in all simplicity.
When his children invaded the field of vision, it was them of course that he began to direct. It is their false naivety and their freshness, which during a beautiful moment makes it believable.
It is to this almost magical moment removed from real and daily life, which comes from the bottom of everyone’s dreams, that this work of creation is completely dedicated.
Everything, or nearly everything converges there; the almost systematic insertion of an observer to which the spectator cannot prevent themselves from embodying, with a play on distances and dimensions to delete the fullness of photographic paper and the absence of aesthetic effect not exclusively serving the creative cause. His reasoning is a product of a creative gesture subjected to the originality of each story. Each photograph must be a totally separate creation with its own idea.
About the artist :
Alastair
Magnaldo
Alastair Magnaldo encountered photography at the age of ten when he was captivated by light-influenced black and white prints. A luminous vision of photography remained in him that he tries to reproduce in most of his compositions, colour only being used to reinforce an atmosphere. After pursuing scientific studies during which he remained very attached to an experimental and creative approach, in 2000 he decided to invest in the domain of digital photography. It was from this moment that the perfect technical command of tools, acquired through his training, became the best way to free himself from it: he thus dedicated his photographic energy almost exclusively to the accomplishment of a personal photographic reasoning.
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