Le nid (The Nest), From the series Passages © Sara Imloul
An egg balances on a coiled braid next to a pair of scissors. A mane of black wavy hair is juxtaposed with a fish placed on a table. These are some of the enigmatic, incongruous scenes staged by the young award winner. Using her view camera, Sara Imloul tries, she says, to put into images “a buried dream which intertwines reveries of roots and memories.” A dream or reminiscence, her mental images appeal to collective imagination which is the source of motifs typical of nineteenth-century photography, such as antique store bargains, or yet the uncanny foregrounded in surrealist painting. The artist pours a lot of care into her hand-developed prints and unique editions. Her images are as unique as the visions that populate them.
La jambe de bois (The Wooden Leg), From the series Passages © Sara Imloul
Les grenades (The Grenades), From the series Passages © Sara Imloul
L’autel (The Altar), From the series Passages © Sara Imloul
La vague (The Wave), From the series Passages © Sara Imloul
By Coline Olsina
Winners of the 2019 Levallois Award
From October 4 to November 23, 2019
Galerie de l’Escale, 25 Rue de la Gare, Levallois-Perret
