SANDRINE RABOUAN
A committed artist, Sandrine explores the world through an intimate and poetic dialogue, addressing essential and often serious subjects with both humour and gentleness.
She works with brushes, pastels, charcoal, and clay, embracing traditional media without reservation. At the same time, she creates a unique world of installations and digital artworks, wielding pixels as a painter handles a palette.
Some of my work.
You are welcome to visit the studio in Saumur.
EVERYTHING IS FINE ?
Digital work & installation
LOCKDOWN
Digital work
CORONA
Digital work
IN OUR BUBBLES
Digital work
THE LITTLE PEOPLE
Digital work
FANTASY
Digital work
JEAN-BAPTISTE RABOUAN
Alongside a rich career in reportage, Jean-Baptiste pursues artistic research in alternative photography.
His work blends the field shooting with the sensitivity of handcrafted processes.
All darkroom work is carried out with the greatest care to minimise environmental impact.
Some samples of my work.
You're welcome to visit the wokshop to see the original artworks
THE SONG OF THE EARTH
Earth-based photographic prints
To explore the link between the subject and its photography, I undertook to do the printing using earth collected directly from the shooting locations. After many months of experimentation, I developed a procedure to grind the collected material into a powder to obtain a pigment that I incorporate into a photographic process. I call these earth-based photographic prints : terrotypes, a French play-on-words (terre means earth)
Everything begins with the shooting. The geology of the landscape must be considered just as much as the light. The experience begins on the field and continues in the laboratory. Each earth-based print has a unique hue and rendering. The results depend on what the location is willing to offer. The print is like an echo of the place.
INTIMATE PORTRAITS
Alternative processes
Portraits are created in two stages: shooting in the studio, and printing using a process chosen to express the model's character. If required, a high-definition reproduction of the print ensures reproducibility.
THREE COLORS
Tricolor gum prints
Tricolor gum printing was one of the first colour photographic processes. Its material is similar to watercolour; the prints are made with a succession of transparent pigmented layers of the three primary colours. The process allows to explore the vibrations of colors with an infinite range of interpretations.
QUESTS
Platinum-palladium and gum prints
THE LOIRE RIVER
Platinum-palladium prints
MOGOK, THE VALLEY OF RUBIES
Reportage
Book Glénat publisher 2018 : "Mogok, la vallée des pierres précieuses".
Two years of reporting alongside eminent gemologists. Exceptional permits of access to the valley give to this work a special documentary value. As usual, my aim was not just to illustrate, but also to express emotions and impressions.
THE PEOPLE OF WOOL
Reportage
Book Glénat publisher 2015 : "À la recherche des laines précieuses".
Directed by Dominic Dormeuil, an expert in precious wools, I travelled the world for two years to meet producers of traditional wools. The photographs are a tribute to the people of wool, whether they be hunters, nomadic pastoralists or farmers.
MOTHER INDIA
Reportage
Like many other travellers, I fell in love with India on my first trips in the early 1980s. Since then I've travelled there regularly on assignments for photo stories, but also to study the culture and the Hindi language. After more than forty visits, I have published several articles to the challenges facing modern India.
LADAKH, HIMALAYA
Reportage
Book published in 2000.
It was my land of initiation where I made my first long-term photo work. In the 1980s and 1990s, I focused on the mystical traditions of the invisible world, where shamans and astrologers reign. Some of the images have become documents. More recently, my reports have been dedicated to environmental issues.
