Nicolas Claris  ·  Romain Claris  ·  2023

TRENTE

A photography and video exhibition by Nicolas Claris and Romain Claris.

Photo © Nicolas Claris — All rights reserved

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Presentation

Authors' Words

TRENTE
It is the story of colours that meet.
That draw close, adore each other, or turn away.
The blue of the sea, the gold of the desert, the green of the forests, the red of our loves…
Skilful colours clothe matter, and light makes them sing.
And dance. And celebrate!
Ethereal or intense, captive or free, manifold, infinite.
Essential.
Joy of our eyes, they pigment our lives with their intimate rhythms, like our hearts within our bodies.
Like sublime salutations to our universes.

Nicolas Claris - Romain Claris
June 2023

Presented at the 30th anniversary evening of AGL Marine and Claris Image Builder in Cannes – Bijou Plage, September 14, 2023.

Gallery

Photographs

Fine art prints, limited edition of 5 signed copies.
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Video

The film – Colorem

Edited and engraved on five signed USB keys. Purchase a copy →

Gallery

The Evening of the Event

About

The artists

Nicolas Claris

Nicolas Claris

Co-founder in 1993 of Claris Image Builder — Photographer

"It takes a lot of maritime knowledge to give each boat its most beautiful aspects. It takes a lot of technical knowledge to master the recent art of digital. It takes a lot of humility to serve your subjects, not use them. It takes a lot of energy to take on new challenges every year. It takes a lot of academicism to know how to break codes. It takes a lot of respect to avoid the easy way out. It takes a lot of love to make generous images. It takes a lot of open-mindedness to be a great artist." — Bruno Belmont, Product Development, Groupe Bénéteau

In 2008, Sinar entrusted him with an HY6 for a year of intensive testing under extraordinary conditions. Now addicted to medium format (large sensors), Nicolas Claris became one of Pentax's rare ambassadors from 2012 to 2021.

In 2022, he switched to even more technologically advanced Fujifilm equipment — still medium format, with a 102-megapixel sensor delivering exceptional colour and image quality.

Romain Claris

Romain Claris

Claris Image Builder — Video Director

"If a wide angle shot is what we can all do, detail is what is lacking for our image-drowned eye with which we look at the world. Then, only then — the fold of fabric in a sewing machine, the stroke of a brush on a white page, drops of rain on a train window, the hand of a sculptor, a pebble becoming a jewel, the flexible foot of a dancer… all these things filmed by Romain Claris move us because they allow us to see a wider, richer, more complex world than we thought." — Jacques Dubuisson, Screenwriter, Director

Romain Claris has been creating short films since 2000, selected and awarded at over a hundred international film festivals. Graduate of the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français in Paris, 2005.

In 2020, he co-founded the Bordeaux Shorts Biennale. In preparation for 2026: the documentary Les comptes de la lune, an alternative history of the invention of numbers and calculation.