The Leica Gallery Paris hosts the exhibition World of Earths of Benjamin Derocheof which the forest is the main setting. The French photographer sublimates the wild space by integrating installations and land art in his practice. To discover until March 22, 2025.
Photography, an open door to spiritual exploration
Photographer and visual artist established between Brest and Paris, Benjamin Deroche is also doctor in visual semiology. His literary research and his photographic practice merge to explore the mysteries of nature by mixing art et metaphysical reflection.
Captivated by myths, the artist questions our relationship to the world and the invisible. The artist goes beyond the field of photography by integrating into his images a narrative dimension inspired by great literary figures. Inspired by the words of Marguerite Duras, Alexandra David-Neel or Rabindranath Tagore: her photos all encapsulate a story.
Orbis Terrarum is an invitation to go beyond the gaze, to travel to spaces where nature becomes an open door to our consciousness.
Between reality and imagination
To bear witness to the possible harmony between Man and natureBenjamin Deroche practices land artalways showing subtlety by sublimating places without ever distorting them. A visual practice of which he had already offered the public a nice overview with his “Sur-Nature” series.
-This time, it is with the help of materials found on site (flowers, leaves, branches, etc.) but also reflectors that the visual photographer composes small installations, transforming the forest in open-air studio for there freeze the ephemeral. The photographs exhibited at the Leica gallery were taken in Brittany, the Mediterranean, the Baltic Sea or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.
Visually, the artist’s singular and poetic approach is characterized by diffused light and vibrant colors which transform natural elements into works of art in their own right. Each shot captures a suspended moment, revealing the fragile beauty of the environment and the moment. These compositions lead the viewer towards a silent meditationon the border between the real and the dream.
Multiple, these Deroche works bring to us the stories of nature, establishing the contemplation of the landscape as exploration of the human soul. In their wake, the exhibition World of Earths is an invitation to slow down, observe, and reconnect with the natural world.
Practical information:
World of the Earth, Benjamin Deroche
Galerie Leica Paris
From January 17 to March 22, 2025
26 rue Boissy d’Anglas, 75008 Paris
Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
FREE ENTRANCE
