Frozen moments

• Photographer
  Arnaud Bathiard, France
• Website
  https://www.arnaudbathiard.com

Frozen moments brings together a series of images taken in different places: Venice, Brittany (France), the shores of Annecy lake. All of them have in common that they were taken using the long exposure technique - 8 to 12 minutes on average. Despite the diversity of the subjects, all seek to bring out another relation to time, to bring up a very old time, older than the time of watches and chronometers, a time evoked in the famous verse of Arthur Rimbaud :
"It has been found again.
What? – Eternity.
It is the sea fled away
With the sun".

Born in 1973 in Burgundy, France, Arnaud Bathiard is a fine-art photographer specializing in black and white seascapes/waterscapes. Passionate about traveling, he has a predilection for austere landscapes he often treats in a minimalist vein, using long exposure technique. From the distant Azores to Scotland, via France, Venice, Switzerland, his journey often brings him back to the places he cherishes. Composing an imaginary space beyond physical geography, his pictures draw the epure of a world frozen in silence and eternity. 

Awards Honorable mention, Tokyo International Foto Awards, Tokyo, 2018

Second Prize Winner in Seascape, Fine Art Photography Awards, London, 2017/2018

Nominee in Fine Art and Seascape, Fine Art Photography Awards, London, 2016/2017

Honorable mention, ND Awards, London, 2017