Pierre-Yves Lesage

Artistic Approach

In my photography, I seek that fragile space, similar to the one that precedes waking — that suspended moment, between dream and consciousness, where images emerge unannounced. That is where I feel most alive. I slip into it with curiosity, to let elusive fragments emerge, visions in balance between the real and the imaginary.

My gaze is nourished by art history: the splendor of ancient civilizations, the grace of neoclassical paintings, and the sophistication of fashion magazines. Figures such as Irving Penn, Guy Bourdin, Paolo Roversi, Erwin Blumenfeld and André Kertész resonate within me. From these influences comes a sensitive, narrative and sensual aesthetic, where past and present answer each other without nostalgia.

I work in both film and digital, depending on the mood of the project. My visual universe is composed of pared-down images, sometimes almost silent, peopled with fragile presences. I like to reveal a shifting beauty — often embodied by the female form — that converses freely with the shapes of the past: bas-reliefs, frescoes, ancient sculptures.

My visual language revolves around three forces: antique harmony, zen sobriety, and a yearning for freedom inspired by the 1970s — still discreet, but definitely present. Through my images, I invite the viewer to pause for a moment, to be brushed by a fleeting grace, where reality softly blurs.