Pine forest by the sea Print

French born in 1961, he studied drawing, graphics, advertising and photography in Paris and Brussels. Currently lives and works in Paris and Brussels. Impregnated with the work of pictorialist photographers of the Belgian tradition, he quickly turned towards a plastic research, building a bridge between the reality apprehended by the lens and the painter's interpretation. This direction leads him to consider the processes used at the origin of photography, to compare them with current techniques to produce images on different media. He alternately uses paper, metal, canvas or mirrors depending on the subject, and with the alteration of our memories as the main theme. After a "TAG / BXL" series of collages of his own photos on the walls of Brussels, the artist decides to flee the city and explore the forest. This is the start of a series that moves away from the theme of oblivion to focus on the permanence of nature. Made in the camera using a silver process, Bredenbac's images are the result of a photographic tradition that highlights the "job" of the operator.