Digital

Another summer

A couple walking in the sea during the summer in Brittany, from the series Another summer, by Emmanuel Pineau

At the beginning, this project was a video I made for a group show. The idea was to ask several video artists to work on one of the pieces from J. S. Bach’s "The Well-Tempered Clavier".

I was in Brittany at the time and decided to capture silhouettes on the beach using a DV camera. Since I was shooting from a great distance, I had to use the digital zoom a lot, which made the silhouettes look like abstract spots of color.

Strangely, even though I couldn’t see any details, it was still very easy to understand what was happening or who those people were.

Maybe the lack of definition in the image encourages the viewer to imagine a story, to fill in what is not conveyed by the image itself.

The blurred silhouettes of people by the sea in Brittany in the summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
The blurred silhouettes of two women in the sea in Brittany in the summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
The blurred silhouettes of a couple in the sea in Brittany in the summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
The blurred silhouettes of people on the sand of a beach in Brittany in the summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
The blurred silhouettes of a child playing at the water's edge on a beach in Brittany in the summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
The blurred silhouettes of children playing in the water on a beach in Brittany in the summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
Blurry silhouettes of people in the water on a beach in Brittany in the summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
Blurry silhouettes of people in the water on a beach in Brittany in the summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
The blurred silhouettes of two men searching for seashells at the water's edge on a beach in Brittany in the summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
The blurred silhouette of a young woman changing clothes near the rocks on a beach in Brittany in the summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
The blurred silhouettes of two men searching for seashells at the water's edge on a beach in Brittany in the summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
The blurred silhouette of a man walking towards the sea on a beach in Brittany in summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
The blurred silhouette of a man walking towards the sea on a beach in Brittany in summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
The blurred silhouette of a man about to enter the water on a beach in Brittany in summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
The blurred silhouette of a man about to enter the water on a beach in Brittany in summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
The blurred silhouette of a man walking into the sea on a beach in Brittany in summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau
The blurred silhouette of a woman walking in profile on the sand of a beach in Brittany in summer, from the series Another summer by Emmanuel Pineau