ICE IS BLACK
Navigating landscapes as pure as before the Anthropocene era.
Encountering the marvels of the animal kingdom—living symbols of life in the wilderness.
Seeing them walk, hunt, play, and live, fitting in with their environment so naturally, and then,
when the time is right, pressing the shutter.
This is what Laurent Baheux cherishes most.
The french nature photographer comes back to his Arctic expeditions
with a duotone collection of scenes and portraits in a unique style.
His high-contrast black-and-white images focus the eye on the subject:
a bear’s dense fur, the long hairs of a reindeer, a seal’s elastic whiskers,
the roughness of the snow, the reflection in the water, the edges of a glacier—all take on a very special quality...
their outlines prominent against the backdrop.
Like the cold, he is able to ruthlessly strip back the ice and the snow, the blinding sun of the Great North.
The public is immersed in a photographic journey in the heart of the Far North
and closest to its ultimate and precious inhabitants.
The photos of this exhibition are featured in ICE IS BLACK book (teNeues).