Ben Dauchez - An after noon at Majorelle #8

Series "An afternoon at Majorelle"

- Title At Majorelle
- Fine Art Print 30x45 Signed and numbered 1/20 in the format
- Certificate of Authenticity

Artistic photograph taken in Morocco, using a overprinting technique that layers several shots of palm trees. This composition creates a dreamy and immersive atmosphere, playing with light, shadows and depth.
The image evokes a sensation of vertigo and a gaze turned toward the sky through dense vegetation.
Conceptual approach: The use of multi-exposure can also symbolize the idea of interaction between the past and the present, between modern and traditional architecture. Morocco, rich in cultural symbols, could be seen here as a testing ground to transpose Western Bauhaus concepts into a more oriental, even Mediterranean, context.

Temporalities and spatialities
: By superimposing several moments or spaces, the multi-exposure technique could also suggest a temporal experience, as if one travels through different eras or different perceptions of Morocco. This play on time and space echoes notions of fluidity and transition.
Cultural and aesthetic duality: Finally, this work could express a reflection on the relationships between Western and Eastern cultures, between European functionalism of Bauhaus and the sensuality of Moroccan forms. Multi-exposure can create an atmosphere where the two worlds are not opposed but rather interconnected within the same artistic vision.

Passionate about photography from a very young age, Ben DAUCHEZ began in the neighborhood studios of La Rochelle. There, he acquired the foundations of classic photographic technique, from shooting to retouching through the laboratory. At 22, freshly graduated, he moved to Paris to refine his training by becoming a set assistant for Daguerre studios, Le Petit Oiseau va sortir and Studio Zéro. He had the chance to collaborate with and assist some of the most talented photographers: Bettina RHEIMS, Patrick DEMARCHELIER, Terry RICHARDSON, Ellen VON UNWERTH, Marcus MAM... From some decisive encounters arose beautiful projects and long collaborations, notably with André RAU, Bettina RHEIMS (the sulfureous exhibition INRI and its eponymous book at Editions Albin Michel) and Peter BEARD (Pirelli calendar 2009 in Botswana).
His photos have been published, among others, by Condé Nast Editions (French and international), Première, Wallpaper, ID, Madame Figaro, Lifestyles, Dandy Magazine... His world also interests brands with very different identity codes for which he has signed the production of Institutional and/or advertising campaigns such as Dior (beauty), L’Oréal, Peugeot, Philip Morris or Burger King (Advertising awarded at Dubai Lynx).

Ben DAUCHEZ has also shot numerous portraits of celebrities (IGGY POP, Woody ALLEN, Grace JONES, Jean DUJARDIN, Gilles LELLOUCHE, Olivier MARCHAL, Carole BOUQUET, Charlotte GAINSBOURG, ...) of beauty, men of the world (Olivier DASSAULT, Jacques SEGUELA...) and travelers...
This photographic path has since allowed him to freely immortalize the human beauty, aesthetics and spiritual essence of each personality.