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Jardin du Luxembourg 1
2005
Claire Virieu (de)
Photography
112 x 112 cm
In an interview, Claire de Virieu said, “I have always had an emotional relationship with nature and the very strong desire to re-transcribe this emotion. Gardens are a subject in which there is no artifice and the photograph does not interfere. The essential element is simply in the observation, in waiting for the magical moment where the light creates the image, or the garden reveals a piece of its soul.”
As her teacher and friend, Edouard Boubat, said, “The garden is the studio for Claire de Virieu. She lets the light work its magic and then she captures the moment.”
Born in 1948 in Paris where she lives and works.
Photographer Claire de Virieu puts nature in the spotlight. She has done several solo exhibitions and taken part in many festivals. Of note, she published “Un Jardin pour soi” with Catherine Laroze (Actes Sud, 1996), “Apremont”, a French folly, with Gabrielle Van Zuylen (Actes Sud, 1999), “Jardins de la mode” with Francis Dorléans (Chêne, 2000) and a magical book, “Majorelle: une oasis marocaine”, with Pierre Bergé (Imprimerie nationale, 2007). Her book “Paris jardins” (Imprimerie nationale, 2008), an extensive work conducted in collaboration with Marc Augé, gives us a relaxing and poetic vision of the most beautiful gardens in Paris.
Artworks of
Claire Virieu (de)
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