Chroniques d’architecture : The photographer Bruno Palisson presents “The Way of the Salt Worker” at the “Photography Festival of Brioude”
Transcription of the article ““Gens de la terre” et Geste du Saunier” by Chroniques d’architecture.
“Gens de la terre” et “Geste du Saunier“ / Country Folk and the Salt Worker’s Gesture, JULY 8, 2024
The Brioude Photo Festival, in the Haute-Loire region of France, features some twenty indoor and outdoor exhibitions. This year’s theme is “ Gens de la Terre” (Country Folk). In this context, photographer Bruno Palisson presents his series “The Way Of the Salt Worker”. On view until July 21, 2024.
“The Way Of the Salt Worker”
The series « The Way of the Salt Worker » is a tribute to the Art of the Salt Worker, the farmer of the salt marshes, connecting Man, Earth and Sea.
The man with deep respect for the soil naturally and patiently pulls out the fruit of his work, with the same gesture since the XIV century. The salt marshes were created in the 7th century by Benedictine monks. Bruno Palisson wanted to show that the land, when cultivated and transformed by people with a deep respect for the soil, can be renewed without destroying it, to offer us a new, sustainable and very aesthetic landscape. A preserved and unalterable beauty from the 7th century to the present day. With patience and willingness, we do know how to do it… This explains the concept of a sharply defined, cut-out, geometric photograph, resulting in a square of mirrors and reflections, just like the marshes that compose a modernly designed cultivated farm landscape that dates back to the Benedictines.
“Brioude Photo Festival”, 1st Brioude Photography Biennial, Until July 21, 2024
Brioude Town Hall, 12 place Lafayette, 43100 Brioude
festivalphotobrioude@gmail.com, www.festivalphotobrioude.fr, Tel. Chairman: 06 84 86 78 18
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