Photographs

Mischief and other little pleasures

In these troubled and sometimes very dark times, writing with light, photographing... has become for me a necessary and salutary antidote to ward off some of the anxieties of the present day.

Simply looking at the world, examining plants, capturing the little gestures and attitudes of my fellow human beings, smiling at funny situations, marvelling at the spectacle of rare lights, observing the land from above - all this brings me delicious joy.

I'm a hunter-gatherer of images. I love capturing the fleeting, furtive gesture of a street scene just as much as I love admiring the apricot blossom at length. So I'm not an exclusive photographer. I like to immortalize the mountains I see from my window, the clouds that roll across the sky, the workers dressed in orange, the domes of churches, anthropomorphic cartoons, wild plants or flowers in bouquets, distant landscapes, close friends, the most diverse objects, rocky or industrial structures... everything interests me and this constant search acts like a restorative balm.

For a long time, I considered that this eclectic and sometimes baroque approach to my photographic practice was a handicap and lacked coherence. Today, I'm more indulgent and I even think it's become more of a quality.

So welcome to friendly territory, with no oblique view.

Robert Hofer


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