Les Enfants-modèles (The Model Children)
2010-2014
Photographic series
Thermochromic prints
Film





Les Enfants-modèles is a multidisciplinary project that brings together the world of childhood with that of astronomy and the cosmos. Images of deserted playgrounds and austere bust portraits of children are devoid of the carefree, light-hearted quality usually associated with them. They stand frozen and distant, fleeting glimpses of distant memories that could not be faithfully reconstructed in our minds, as though time had partially erased, polished, and smoothed them as it passed.

The digital retouching and processing that form an integral part of the process further accentuates this disturbing perfection. This artistic approach to photography reveals its close links with other arts, such as painting and film. The series draws its visual inspiration from the Flemish pictorial tradition, as evidenced by the keen attention to the tiniest details, a pronounced penchant for rigorous composition and the use of chiaroscuro. Lighting techniques borrowed from the world of cinema further enhance the fictional nature of the project.














Stéphanie Roland Studio