Pierre Siedel

Still/Moving series. 2008

PIERRE SIEDEL has been working as a director of photography for cinema and television (including fiction series, video clip and advertising) in France and Belgium which is his native country.

In parallel, he has developed his own photographic projects, from documentary photography to a more conceptual approach on artificial urban landscapes.

PIERRE SIEDEL about Still/ Moving series:

Being isolated from the rushing crowd, one feels alienated, lonely, detached even abandoned. In this artificial universe, the underground transit bubble stirs the mind to a kind of self-reflection. I thought it would be interesting to explore through photography such absurd places like the subway where everyone is running in the same direction and never stops.

The condition of shooting in the subway leads me to work on the spot and to meditate in that final moment when an unexpected group of individuals is captured through the lens.