BIO
Originally from the Normandy countryside, Jonathan is a photographer of the
ordinary. After exploring his home region, a sense of weariness set in, leading him to
embark on a long introspective journey, traveling to the four corners of the globe for
two years.
Upon his return to Normandy in 2020, he was profoundly influenced by the diversity,
colors, light, and spaces encountered during his travels. These experiences have
since become a rich and fertile ground for his photographic approach, which he now
seeks to transpose into the everyday.
This shift gave him a new outlook: displacement is no longer found elsewhere, but
rather in how we observe our surroundings. This thought radically transformed his
photography. The everyday became his playground, where he embraces the
subtleties of the ordinary, the colors, and the movement. His approach offers a
sensitive portrayal of the environments he engages with, through an original
perspective.
The culmination of this research took shape in 2022 with his first book, New York –
Quête I, self-published in 2000 copies, and exhibited Off at Paris Photo at Galerie
MR80, Rue de Turenne.
At the end of 2022, he moved to Paris and simultaneously embarked on a project
centered around his recently departed Norman everyday life. To celebrate the 150th
anniversary of the Impressionist movement, he approached photography with a
renewed sense of temporality, drawing inspiration from movement and color. This
project resulted in his second book, Impressionism, published by Four Eyes Editions
in 2500 copies. His work was recognized and exhibited during the summer of 2024
as part of the Normandie Impressionniste festival.
