"To photograph is to understand what light says about the world,

and what structures reveal about time."

My practice and exploration are rooted in a search for light as a living material.

From lighthouse lanterns to construction sites, from lens diffraction to the persistence of concrete, it questions how human devices transform our perception.

My work intersects optical science, the memory of places, and the spiritual dimension of light.

Each series is conceived as a perceptual experiment:

Les phares (2003–2004): Fresnel devices and optical chamber (L’œil du cyclope, Musée de l’Abbaye Sainte-Croix)

Zlín (2002–2010): unfinished modernist architecture and documentary photography

Memories of Rivers and Oceans, Vegetable Distraction, Barges Lighthouse, Cordouan Fresnel Lens: studies of landscape, flow, and the visible

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📩 For any requests regarding publication, interviews, collaboration, or reproduction, please contact me at: fhardel(@)gmail.com