You have to pose (photography) or figure (digital cinema video) because it makes you happy, because you recognize in my work, or because you want to have photographs of yourself or because you want to invest yourself 100% in a creative work, or all four at the same time, which would be the best!
You are motivated by an involvement in a contemporary photography creation work
Your goal is to collaborate in the creation of a work,
Even (and especially) if you've never posed before.
If you like this frame, can you tell me a little more about yourself, and send me some recent photos, even simple ones?
Below you will find more information about my way of working.
Jean-claude.belegou@ belegou.org
A singular work...
As a visual artist, I mainly do photography, video, I write... I publish, I exhibit, I appear in public collections. I don't do any commercial photography.
I work methodically and slowly. It is essential for thorough, relaxed and calm work to have time on your hands. I try to reach the essential, a truth of beings, it can't be done in two hours! It's a tête-à-tête.
Most of my series were made only in natural light. In daylight, I am dependent on the seasons and climates. All the current series have been made in this way only in natural light. Generally, I work whole days of shooting around 9-10 am at the end of the afternoon, which can vary a little depending on the season. Two, three, four... Days are better than one, it's always better on the second day. In my house-studio, beautiful place of an 18th century house with gardens in the heart of the village.
Everything is very staged, nothing strictly speaking on the spot, while remaining attentive to what may arise spontaneously from the model.
Broadcasting on the web is not my privileged universe: my universe is the exhibition essentially in contemporary art galleries or art centers in France and abroad, books, collections. So I'm very careful about what I put on the public spaces of the web.
I work in series. A series is defined by a relative coherence of motif and protocol (device, shapes, light, etc.) Some series have been made with several models (e.g. Le déjeuner sur l'herbe or humanities) Others with a single model (e.g. Ailleurs or De tous les jours) A series is built over a period of a few months (Passengers) or a few years (Les Chambres).
In any case, a series involves several shots, you make, you watch, you see, you deepen, you redo, etc. When is a series over? Sometimes it's a stroke of fate, sometimes a slightly arbitrary decision, in principle when nothing new comes out of what has been defined, when we start to go around in circles, repeat ourselves (but be careful, there are empty moments during the series that are only temporary) or when suddenly we start on something else that arises and which may be the starting point from another series.
I'm also currently working on film projects as well. You will see short excerpts on my website. If my work speaks to you and if you are up for posing, I will be delighted.
I'm quite flexible in my schedule. Weekdays or weekends, the artists also work on weekends and holidays! You will be paid for your train or car trip, you pose for the love of the art and the work to which you and I are dedicated.
These are works destined for exhibition and publication in the long term, if all goes well, which is sometimes quite slow these days. We therefore sign an agreement prior to the shooting by which you authorize me to photograph you and/or film and use the photographs.
I can accommodate you if you come from far away and here you are my guest. The place is far from unpleasant! In general, the models who come from Paris or elsewhere, pose for two or three days, and arrive here the day before at the end of the afternoon. The fact that you've never asked is not a problem at all. It's about being yourself.
You will be able to choose printed artists' proofs, from a wide choice that at the end of the shots we have taken, generally within one to two weeks, I put online on a private space of my site (with exclusive link username and password) which is the only one accessible to you.
You have to pose because it makes you happy, because you recognize my work, because you want to invest yourself 100% in a creative work!
If you like this general framework, can you tell me a little more about yourself? Sorry for taking so long to want to be clear... To read you very soon!
jean-claude.belegou@belegou.org