Photography Is a Dream

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Robert Bared, France
• Date of Photograph
  2026
• Studio
  Robert Bared
• Website
  https://robertbared.com/
• Instagram
  @robert_bared_paris

Here are variations on Man Ray’s *Black and White* (Paris, 1926). I revisit it through my own lens, taking it further or in a different direction. Above all, I take a critical approach. I wanted to create a different kind of play after decolonization and at a time when “diversity” in all its forms are blurring all boundaries and breaking new ground. I was committed to depicting the dreamer’s state of semi-consciousness, the dialogue with oneself and with others, the growing brotherhood between Black and White people despite all obstacles, and the beauty of silence.

Born in 1958 in Byblos, Robert Bared has lived in Paris since 1975.
He attended university at the Sorbonne (literature, aesthetics, art history), then worked as editor.
Over the last fifteen years, he has devoted his time to photography (urban scenes) and writing. As for his first exhibits, dating from 2011, he owes them to Irma Toudjian (Italy).
Today, he collaborates with Chris Boïcos Fine arts in Paris, and with Myeong-Hee Kim (Beauté du Matin Calme) in Corea and Japan.
“I believe that hedonism, which is reflected in my love of colours, does not contradict favoring the meditative life.”

Awards 2023, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Honorable Mention.
2022, Luxembourg Art Prize, Certificat de Mérite artistique.
2020, 6th 35AWARDS, series, Viewers Choice; 1 photo published in the catalog "100 Best Photos of the Year".