{"product_id":"impermanence","title":"Impermanence","description":"\u003ch2\u003e History of the image\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis place fascinates me precisely because it is constantly changing.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI first photographed it, in an image I called\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\"Inhabiting the Interval\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e.\" The landscape was then stark, almost timeless. A tree. A house. A fragile balance between the sky, the marsh, and the sea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThen came that rare event:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ea snowfall of an intensity the Île de Ré hadn't seen since 1985. Branches snapped under the weight. The landscape I thought immutable was transformed in a matter of hours. Faced with this, I felt very concretely the impermanence of reality. Nothing lasts. Everything is destined to change, even what seems most stable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWhen I returned here, the scene was different.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe sky was heavy, dense, deeply textured. Sunlight no longer crossed the entire sky, but persisted only on the horizon, in the form of a bluish light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI then chose the Classic format. Not to confine the landscape, but to allow the sky to take center stage. This heavy, inhabited sky, traversed by time. Unlike the first black and white image, pure, almost abstract, this one bears the marks of passage. A new gravity. A depth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe house and the tree are still there, but they no longer tell the same story. They are no longer simply figures of equilibrium. They become witnesses. To what has been. To what has changed. To what will change again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI like the contrast between these two images.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eOne speaks of apparent permanence.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe other of silent transformation.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBetween the two, there is no contradiction.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThere is reality, as it is:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eunstable, fragile, and profoundly alive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jacob","offers":[{"title":"Art Paper \/ 100x90cm \/ Retractable chassis","offer_id":56938282910021,"sku":null,"price":780.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Art Paper \/ 100x90cm \/ Black Aluminum American-Style Case","offer_id":56938282942789,"sku":null,"price":970.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Art Paper \/ 100x90cm \/ Silver Aluminum American-Style Case","offer_id":56938282975557,"sku":null,"price":970.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dibond Aluminum \/ 100x90cm \/ Retractable chassis","offer_id":56938282811717,"sku":null,"price":780.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dibond Aluminum \/ 100x90cm \/ Black Aluminum American-Style Case","offer_id":56938282844485,"sku":null,"price":970.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dibond Aluminum \/ 100x90cm \/ Silver Aluminum American-Style Case","offer_id":56938282877253,"sku":null,"price":970.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/6505\/2997\/files\/DSCF23309.jpg?v=1780567179","url":"https:\/\/axeljacobstudio.com\/en\/products\/impermanence","provider":"Axel Jacob","version":"1.0","type":"link"}