One day while trolling the web for exciting new images I stumbled upon this photograph: www.flickr.com/ph.... A couple of hours later I left jean-fabien's photostream with a new contact, my idea of 'fine photography' altered, and a vow to return often. Many photographers are convinced their images should stay as clo… Read more

One day while trolling the web for exciting new images I stumbled upon this photograph: www.flickr.com/ph.... A couple of hours later I left jean-fabien's photostream with a new contact, my idea of 'fine photography' altered, and a vow to return often. Many photographers are convinced their images should stay as close as possible to reality, revealing every detail. jean-fabien uses the image not to mirror reality, but as a vehicle to tell a story, to open our eyes to the existence and emotion beneath [beyond?] the surface of the visible...and in doing so alters our perception, changes our lives. With his use of low-tech equipment, gritty subjects, and subdued processing, he revises my sense of things, changes my perspective, gives me an 'art' experience. Bravo! I have featured his work in posts at minimal exposition [ minimalexposition... ], and I hope our collaboration with continue!

This photographer has got a unique vision - and an utterly recognizable approach to transport it. For me a key reason is Jean-Fabien´s love for codes (scribbles, letters, numbers etc.), his shots very often remind me of collages. Many of them are passionately two-dimensional - thus differing severely from those by mos… Read more

This photographer has got a unique vision - and an utterly recognizable approach to transport it. For me a key reason is Jean-Fabien´s love for codes (scribbles, letters, numbers etc.), his shots very often remind me of collages. Many of them are passionately two-dimensional - thus differing severely from those by most photographers who seem to believe that depth is merely a matter of fore- and background. But depth is first and foremost a matter of the "ground" itself. Jean-Fabien carefully arranges this ground. He reveals the unextinguishable truth of this art form: it IS a two-dimensional one and nothing´s gonna change that. I don´t know whether this or any art form is capable of being absolutely honest and truthful at all - but Jean-Fabien is getting fairly close to it.

Je me promène par l’immensité de flickr avec mon œil amateur et je m’arrête de temps en temps par des galléries qui m’attirent l’attention. C’est le cas des photos de Jean Fabien. Il obtient la chaleur des moments sans couleur, sans apparent intérêt, même sordides. Je trouve différent, le travail de Jean Fabien, et je … Read more

Je me promène par l’immensité de flickr avec mon œil amateur et je m’arrête de temps en temps par des galléries qui m’attirent l’attention. C’est le cas des photos de Jean Fabien. Il obtient la chaleur des moments sans couleur, sans apparent intérêt, même sordides. Je trouve différent, le travail de Jean Fabien, et je constate sa valeur ajoutée artistique au moment que je compare les photos de son i-phone avec celles du mien : l’appareil est le même, mais le résultat…. luis