STARS series s60 #001 - Limited Edition n°1 of 2 Artwork

plum5 by frédérique debras The plum5-project started with a strong urge and inner need for creation. Creation that expresses my feelings rather than my ‘classic’ approach of taking pictures. I am used to photograph living moments in the movement of time, capturing life the way I see it. But something has changed. I want to create my own photographs and infuse them with emotions, connections, information, inspiration,.. whatever moves through me at that moment. I guess these images are inspired by everything I have encountered in my life so far. And they ‘happen’ when there’s a balance between my thinking and feeling; between the outer and the inner. It’s that change from something specific into something intuitive. This process is very powerful – sometimes mystical and magical. It uses the joy, the colors, my past, the anger, my sadness, the beauty, the way things move, my ever present now..... It involves everything. And at the same time nothing. The ‘altering’ process through digital editing can be very hard and long, it can be very uplifting but also daunting; sometimes it happens fast, sometimes it takes months before I get it right. But it is worth every effort and moment..... because of the flow of energy it produces, in and out. It even feels like electricity sometimes. This is where the real revelation and liberation happens : taking pictures during my long walks with the dog and afterwards starting to alter them digitally so they become a totally new ‘reality’; one that is very imaginative and very personal to me and hopefully, for you, a captivating image with an openess for your own personal and perceptual interpretation. plum5 by frédérique debras