My first job was wedding ceremony photographer. Which I used to be for nearly ten years. It suited me to observe others be comfortable and to assume that I used to be the one on whom the reminiscence of the happiest day of their lives depended. Moreover, I solely labored on Saturdays, which left me time to consider different issues. After the shootings, all of the photographers met within the laboratory to attend for the prints that we bought the identical night through the banquet. I beloved watching the regular stream of photos regurgitated by the massive developer. Since that point, I’ve remained fascinated by these moments of happiness fabricated in a young, uncooked or absurd actuality. Like an archaeologist I began a set, patiently extracting from the mass of hundreds of unsold images – strata of deserted non-public recollections – a brand new household. The folks proven are so removed from me, but so shut; they’re my neighbours, my associates, my cousins and my sisters. I allowed myself to choose up these pictures and present them as a result of I really feel involved, concerned in them.
It was not me subsequently who took these pictures. I haven’t modified them both. I simply saved them from oblivion.
Jean-Christian Bourcart
Jean-Christian Bourcart : Le plus beau jour de ma vie
Fisheye editions
Preface by Clarisse Gorokhoff,
important textual content by Jean-Christian Bourcart
Measurement: 140 × 210mm
96 pages
Language: French & English
ISBN: 979-10-97326-20-3
Value : €12.00
