Denis Brihat - Photo A blade of grass

A blade of grass is almost nothing... a fine, supple shoot... but under Denis Brihat's eye, it rises up, isolated, illuminated like a line of ink on a blank page. As is often the case with Denis Brihat, the humility of the subject becomes the essence of its beauty.

Denis Brihat has devoted his life to exploring the plant world through photography. Settling in Provence in the late 1950s, he developed a singular body of work, combining technical rigor with a poetic eye. His images - onions, tulips, persimmons, kiwis, dead leaves, trees in all seasons... - reveal the intimate structure of living things, magnified by artisanal processes: iron, copper and selenium bends, hand-coloring with gold...

Each photograph is a meditation. Far from the instantaneous gesture, Denis Brihat cultivates slowness, repetition, variation and innovation, without ever breaking the link with nature. This exhibition pays tribute to a great photographer, whose silent work invites us to slow down in order to see better.