Events CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' (Guillaume Grasset)
Friday October 26th, 6pm-9pm
October 26, 2012 to November 28, 2012
Gallery Carte Blanche is pleased to announce the opening of CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’, Guillaume Grasset on Friday, October 26th, 2012.
At age 20 Guillaume Grasset left Paris to start his own American dream. He spent a few years working with many talented photographers in LA before starting his solo career. With an acute awareness and a free spirit, Guillaume seeks out new visual spaces, exploring deserted playgrounds, bright & natural environments, dark cities and vibrant megalopolises, to reveal the traces of mankind in this ever-changing world.
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ is a selection of his Californian landscapes.
Guillaume traveled through quiet nights and peaceful
days and revealed in his photographs an intriguing, almost unreal world. With
his medium format camera, he gives an eccentric personality to fragments of
everyday California.
At first, his images seem endearingly carefree, but he
progressively focuses on how man is constantly altering and reshaping the
environment. His images become reflections of a land turned upside down by
cycles of economic boom and bust, conquest and isolation.
A land caught between the harsh realities of the American way of Life and the
glamour of California Dreamin’.
California Dreamin’, Guillaume Grasset opens on Friday, October 26th and runs through November 28, 2012.
An opening reception in presence of the artist will be held on Friday, October 26th from 6pm–9pm.
About
Guillaume Grasset
Born in 1973 in France,
Guillaume Grasset has lived in Los Angeles for few years in the mid nineties. He assisted famous photographers such as Herb Ritts, David LaChapelle, Peter
Lindbergh, Steven Klein. Back in Paris in 2000, he became a professional
photographer.
Guillaume works as a commercial photographer from fashion shoots to documentary
reportages. His clients include Forum des Halles Paris, Air France Magazine,
Modular Lightings, L’Officiel and many magazines. He concentrates his personal projects on exploring the impact of men on their
environment. Guillaume’s work has been exhibited in Paris, New York, Chicago
and is represented by Salomon Duval Gallery in Paris.
Salton Sea
Laguna Beach
Angelino Heights, LA