Zacharie Gaudrillot-Roy is a French photographer whose Facades series is a personal exercise in land and city-scape photography, with one major difference. In each photo, the Lyon-based Gaudrillot-Roy digitally edits each image so that building itself is erased, leaving only the structure’s front, or facade, present. Now on his third iteration of the series, each village or city building carries ominous, almost surreal connotations of civilizations being abandoned, wrecked by recession, or left to slowly disintegrate. However, the images retain a still, quiet beauty, and are haunting in their simplicity.
Gaudrillot's series included deconstructed images of urban landscapes by day, his recent explorations highlight buildings whose exteriors are illuminated by one, or several street lights. ‘here, I have not necessarily wanted to give an answer, but rather evoke a feeling that would be unique to each,’ gaudrillot-roy says. ‘a vision of a new world that would be only an image without intimate space, appearance for only refuge.’
The series offers a vision of an unknown world, without the intimate and lively space that is meant to inhabit it. small towns, parking lots and pedestrian pathways bear the eerie absence of construction’s volume, leaving a remnant of only the superficial brick and concrete exterior skin.
Gaudrillot's series included deconstructed images of urban landscapes by day, his recent explorations highlight buildings whose exteriors are illuminated by one, or several street lights. ‘here, I have not necessarily wanted to give an answer, but rather evoke a feeling that would be unique to each,’ gaudrillot-roy says. ‘a vision of a new world that would be only an image without intimate space, appearance for only refuge.’
The series offers a vision of an unknown world, without the intimate and lively space that is meant to inhabit it. small towns, parking lots and pedestrian pathways bear the eerie absence of construction’s volume, leaving a remnant of only the superficial brick and concrete exterior skin.
‘I enjoyed browsing through the city, wandering through the streets, watching and imagining what lies behind the walls: a glow behind a half-open shutter, noise through a window, laughter and tears — anonymous — like a number on a door. everything may seem foreign, instilling fear as curiosity.’
Here is the chosen image before directing it int different sections.
I dissected this building using Photoshop and this artist was really interesting and linked in with my theme 'manufactured structure' very well so I used an image of a building rather than a street that has many different building. I focused on one and separated it even more pieces from each other. I would like to add more texture to my work and experiment with different material so I will use embroidery thread to sew the building together and use vibrant vinyl stickers to stick on.
Combining influence from Zacharie Gaudrllot and Shaun Kardinal, after I used Photoshop to dissect this building and using the concept of under construction, I used the embroidery but gave it meaning through using it as what makes the dissected building built again. My continuous use of bright and vivid colours was used here too.
I think this response has worked really well therefore, I incorporated the idea of using different materials on to one image and creating many different textures. Therefore i will be looking at an artist that uses mixed media within their photographs and take this response further.
I think this response has worked really well therefore, I incorporated the idea of using different materials on to one image and creating many different textures. Therefore i will be looking at an artist that uses mixed media within their photographs and take this response further.