My goal isn’t to capture or reproduce a moment, but to generate a new - and quite different - moment. To see properly it is necessary to remove. the obstacles. Removing objects from their context causes a disruption. This disruption creates an opportunity for an immediate emotional reaction to the place itself. The image is not necessarily ‘of’ something. Instead, it provides a space for viewers to experience their own emotional responses. Freed from the constraints of context, I aim to create images of stillness, portals that invite people to apply their own interpretation. I find fascinating the tension between the mind (which struggles to understand the image) and the body (which experiences the emotions evoked by the piece).

Jacques Garnier