Vistas Veladas / Veiled Views – 2007

Photographs, different sizes

Veiled views is a series of photographs taken in the city of Amman Jordan, from the large windows of luxury hotels dominating the city. The chosen point offers a privileged view of the city, and embodies a symbol of power: that of the distant observer who temporarily takes up residence in these places. Whilst these photographs were being taken, an accident occurred: the x-rays used by security machines at the hotels’ entrances caused the partial fogging of some of the negatives. These accidental fogs have then formed part of the working process and have become the main subject of this photographic series: the fog acts as a screen, a metaphor for the blinkered view and fragility of a world of which we often lose sight.

Vues voilées est une série de photographies prises dans la ville d’Amman (Jordanie), depuis les grandes fenêtres de quelques hôtels de luxe qui dominent la ville. Le point de vue choisi offre une vision privilégiée de la ville et incarne un symbole du pouvoir : celui d’un observateur distant qui réside temporairement dans les lieux.
Pendant la prise de vue un petit accident est survenu : les rayons x des machines de contrôle situées dans les différentes portes d’entrée des hôtels ont provoqué le voile partiel des quelques négatifs par une surexposition à la lumière. Ces voiles accidentelles ont servit le processus de travail et sont devenus le sujet principal de cette série photographique : le voile comme un écran, métaphore d’une vue aveugle et de la fragilité d’un monde qu’on perd de vue.

Exhibition views 

Museo Arte Contemporáneo, La Coruña, 2016

Centre Photographique d’Ile-de-France, Pontault-Combault, 2011.


Works

Amman, Holiday Inn Hotel, 2007

Amman, Four Seasons Hotel, 2007

Ammán I (Four Seasons Hotel), 2007

Ammán II (Radisson Hotel), 2007

Ammán III (Grand Hyatt Hotel), 2007

Ammán IV (Radisson Hotel), 2007

Ammán V (Four Seasons Hotel), 2007

Ammán VI (Four Seasons Hotel), 2007

Ammán VII (Holiday Inn Hotel), 2007

Ammán X (The Regency Palace), 2007

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