JULES CALLIN.
It begins with a simple yet essential intention: to create something that exists beyond the digital sphere, something tangible.
Printing as an editing practice extends the photographic process beyond the moment the shot is taken.
Revealing the intensity of a facial expression: editing an image to transcend the facial expression to reveal a more complex, more ambiguous emotion.
The tension in the gaze, the subtlety of an expression, the face’s ability to suggest without revealing everything.
Creating my sets by hand plays a central role in my practice. It’s not just a preparatory step before shooting, but an integral part of my artistic work.
It allows me to physically immerse myself in my project. I’m not just behind the camera, I’m also in the act of creation.
I like the idea that the final image bears the mark of this creation.
Creating is not limited to taking a picture. It is designing a setting, imagining an atmosphere, shaping an attitude.
Scanning brings out variations in texture, marks, losses, and imperfections resulting from the printing process itself.
My images do not end the moment they are captured. They extend through paper, traces and loss.
Between fashion and texture.
