PIERROT MEN 1954- - Lot 80

PIERROT MEN 1954- Fisherwomen in Mananjary, Madagascar, 2010. Photograph. Digital print 2011 signed, titled, dated and numbered 25/25 in pencil on the back. Image: 18.5 x 27.8 cm; sheet: 24.1 x 30.2 cm Pierrot Men's work is a blend of reportage and auteur photography, imbued with humanism and the dignity of the subjects he photographs. Finely composed, always with discretion, his images demonstrate an astonishing ability to constantly marvel at his environment, Madagascar. Although his photographic universe extends far beyond the Indian Ocean, Pierrot Men's work is indissociable from the Big Island, as he himself admits: "I never photograph as well as I know. And it's true that, far from photographic reportage, he succeeds in capturing the essence of a country in these extracts of life, giving us a breath of fullness and emotion, like a little pure air... to perpetuate the authenticity, soul and unity of a people.