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Chasm of Hell – Extended

Valéry Girou
Chasm of Hell — Extended

Photograph of the Gouffre d’Enfer, near St-Etienne (Loire)

Installation of 2 images with content generation (left image) from the initial shot. Earth, burnt wood and lava stone laid out on the ground in a semi-circle.

The world below, turned upside down,
An extended underground imagination,
Generative noise, gangue.
The belly of the earth.

2024

Installation with photographies on wood, earth and rocks

©Valéry Girou— All right reserved

Valéry Girou

My photographic approach revolves around a twofold exploration: that of transitory states in which reality hesitates between presence and absence, and that of the consciousness that manifests itself in the visible before fading away. Through different approaches - portraiture, landscape, documentary - I seek to capture that precise moment when things reveal themselves while retaining their mystery, when consciousness surfaces before disappearing.