Discover the contemporary work of Jérôme Trichet Photographie

Jérôme Trichet is a French photographer based in Paris.

The perspective of a major thoroughfare, the lines of buildings, elusive flora and swirling shadows, parallels and perpendiculars: Jérôme Trichet is captivated by the geometry of the world, whether it is the fruit of architecture or a feat of nature.

"A photographer in his spare time", in search of a subtle beauty to experience, he can just as easily immortalize a gesture to the fly than to linger in meditating on how to frame the present moment – an exercise in mindfulness. Although he is this instinctive person who enjoys exploring, his preferred format remains in keeping with his former career in law and his taste for Polaroids: square.

Capturing the connection that Jérôme maintains with photography requires venturing into some vaporous memories.

His aesthetic of detail goes back to his many walks, to his ramblings in disarray; as a child, he was already amazed by houses and their facades. At his grandparents' house, he trimmed the edges of the garden so that nothing stuck out, not even a bit.

Boredom, often sought after, has also been the breeding ground for his creative flashes, a reason to indulge in a few attempts: painting with acrylics, writing down notes on music paper, and above all, capturing. This is evidenced by the books of fashion photographs that he never stops exploring; The works of Bettina Rheims and Helmut Newton feature prominently. This is also evidenced by this first series of photographs taken at the edge of the ocean, the moment when Jérôme began to see what surrounded him differently.

A focus heightened by the use of black and white, which is definitely subject to interpretation.

Jérôme casts a veil of mystery over his photographs, which sometimes border on the abstract. A bank of the Seine catches the eye with a contrast between water and stone. A woman's arm crosses the image with an intriguing nonchalance. A beach where we don't know if it is lit by dawn or dusk. Jérôme plays with ambiguities, blurs contexts, encourages us to question ourselves, to complete off-screen. Works that vibrate all the more because each of them resonates with a song, a scrupulously chosen piece of music. The saturated guitars can then follow more classical sounds. By adding breadth to with an evocative charge, Jérôme gives body to a photographic solfège.

A selection of Jérôme Trichet's creations as well as the soundtrack of his photographs are accessible on his Instagram gallery (@jerometrichet_photographie).