Discover the contemporary work of Pierre Nadler
I was born on May 22, 1955. I have always been a self-taught amateur photographer, but the digital age has opened doors for me that I have rushed into.
I often turn to black and white landscapes that I like to contrast, but when the colors give meaning to the image, I do not hesitate to keep them.
Macro and proxy photography are also among my interests. And I do not say no to a concert!
I had the honor of being on the cover of the May 2010 issue of Chasseur d'Images and a portfolio in issue 5 of Science et vie Photo. Some of my photos have been used to illustrate a few articles in the local press and I have exhibited my images several times on the island of Ré since 2007.
In November 2014, I was honored by «La Société des Artistes Français" at "Art Capital" who awarded me a bronze medal for an excerpt from my series "Quelques fleurs".
In 2018, the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts awarded me two silver medals for my series Les Flombres.
I contribute to the organization of the Ile de Ré Photo festival which has been held for 10 years at Bois Plage in Ré.
Several series of courses:
"Some Flowers"
Flowers are pretty in nature. I find in them the charm that everyone can see there. But I invented another destination for them: that they are no longer these beautiful colored corollas that we admire but graphic forms that offer a second-level inspection. I therefore transform the colors into a drawing that emphasizes the details that we do not necessarily see, on a highlighted texture, drowned in the first glance of the color. This sometimes ends up titillating the imagination of the spectator so that these flowers are not just flowers. These images are made in natural light, without any artifice, in nature and in the gardens of my surroundings.
"Dark Skies"
Black and white skyscrapers, with their artificially blackened sky which gives, printed on matte paper, an impression of relief or comic strip or 3D, depending on the spectator.
"Le Flombres"
This series was inspired by Rodin's Shadows showing 3 casts of the same man assembled on a base allowing to see the entire of its body in a single glance.
Here, the same flower is photographed in its carafe from 3 different angles. The 3 shots are then assembled to create a triptych allowing the flower to be observed from all angles.
