Biography:
Born in Périgueux, France in 1952. Eric Jervaise arrived to Mexico in 1972. He explores the documentary, expressive an experimental possibilities of photography by using ancient techniques (cameras of different formats, daguerreotypes, wet collodion, and bi-chromate gum).
He has had collective and individual exhibitions in Mexico, France, Canada and the USA. He has published two books: "México, panorámicas del siglo XXI"[1] in 2002 and "Las fronteras de la visión"[2] in 2006.
[1] Eric Jervaise, "México, panorámicas del siglo XXI", texts by Rosa Casanova and José Antonio Rodriguez, INAH, CONACULTA-Fonca, Sanofi Synthe Labo, México, 2002.
[2] Eric Jervaise, "Las fronteras de la visión", texts by Laura González, Rebecca Monroy and Miguel Angel Berumen, Cuadro por Cuadro, Berumen y Muñoz Editores, Ciudad Juárez, 2006.
Statement:
The panoramic photographs of Eric Jervaise
It all began in the 90’s, when Eric Jervaise began to take photos with a 19th Century panoramic camera. The amplitude of framing drove him to shoot the crowds gathered in the center of Mexico City. These pictures are the documentation of a specific place and time, but they also "allow us to transcend the borders of our perceptive habits and immensely enjoy the process of vision". Eric Jervaise stresses the importance of the photographic act. "A soft brush between the imaginary and the real".
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