“From the very start of my work as an artist, in 1973, I have wanted to create memory-centric art. My approach follows the spirit of “straight photography” in the sense that it is direct and spontaneous, never staged or cropped, and leaves room for imperfections like the movement of life does. My method is to sample pieces of reality as a form of “aesthetics of banality”, while also paying attention to composition and framing as inspiration strikes. The articulation and interaction between the pictures constitute a personal vision of the world, in which subjectivity reigns supreme.”

Gilles Verneret, 2017
Translated by Lucy Pons, 2024