While it may not be fair to say that summer is fading, we love this series of photographs for perfectly evoking those still, warm and calming moments of summer when the heat of the day begins to fade, the crickets purr and everyone is plastered with a sleepy smile. Titled ‘L’été se meurt’, the series was taken by French photographer Marion Berrin who studied at Ecole du Louvre. Reading more on her approach to her work makes us like her even more. Natural and unaffected, she endeavours to portray something true, something to identify with, that captures a mood. Of her work she explains:
“Photography pushes my boundaries. It takes me out of my comfort zone. Trying to evoke and not simply describe. Easy does not interest me. This series ” L’été se meurt ” is the perfect example of everything mentioned above. Clear compositions, a focus on line, shape and shade leads the way to abstraction. Photos may seem devoid of sense but are not. I tend to focus on the essential, no stage. They are what summer is to me, something gold, something bright, something full of light.”
