a Tribute to the Sea

Taking the sea as its theme, the association Surface Sans Cible proposes a photographic exhibition paying tribute to the marine world.
Each photographer of the association Surface Sans Cible, working according to his style and inspiration, will pay tribute to the sea through images processed using old photographic processes revisited and retouched with the computer.
The artists will have at heart to illustrate, with their images, the attachment of the Normans to the sea and to the preservation of the marine environment and to the respect of this nature so fragile and vulnerable.
If Ouistreham will be privileged, it will be the seaside of the Normandy coast in general that will be photographed.
From traditional processes to pixels
The shots will be worked with analog and digital processes. The exhibition will parallel the image processing techniques of the analogue era with their equivalent in the world of digital photography. The effects obtained by retouching on the computer will be juxtaposed to prints with digital effects (fake and real cyanotypes, sepia turns with gold or selenium will rub digital avatars...). Will the visitor know the difference?
The artists will present, from their collections, real pieces of museums (Daguerreotypes, stereoscopic plates, etc...)
The Exhibition
Fifty original photographs, works by the artists of the Surface Sans Cible collective, will be set in the Grange aux Dîmes. Several collector’s items will also be presented in a display case: glass plates, stereograms, collection devices...