Digital and Analog

I will be around

Man in a crowd on a busy steet, from the series I will be around, by Emmanuel Pineau

This photographic series, started in 2023, is born from a year when life’s struggles redefined my sense of presence. The title, I Will Be Around, carries a dual meaning: it speaks to the promise of being there for others, of staying connected despite the distance, but also to the reality of staying still when traveling or moving forward feels impossible.

These images are not a direct account of the challenges I faced but rather their consequences emotional ripples, quiet reflections, and moments of stillness. They are fragments of a world reshaped by necessity, a search for meaning and beauty within new limitations.

Through this series, I process the tension between longing and acceptance, between being there for others and navigating my own immobility. It is a ersonal journey, begun in a specific moment in time, and one that continues to evolve as I learn to find purpose and presence in the space I inhabit.

Diptych with a broken display case and a stack of files of different colors, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau The shadow of a road sign on the asphalt, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau Diptych with a view of an empty laundromat and a black and white still life of fruit in a glass plate, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau A completely red shop window, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau A homeless man wearing a red jacket in a park in Montreuil, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau Road signs in a village in Normandy at dusk, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau A young woman walks at night in the pink light of a closed shop, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau A clear plastic package abandoned on the ground after the market in Montreuil, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau A half-erased piece of graffiti on a wall at the gate of Montreuil, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau View of Montreuil at nightfall, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau A man waits his turn in front of a shop on Paris Street, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau Diptych with the view from the living room window and a plant on the balcony, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau A man carrying an orange bag enters a shop on Rue de Paris one winter evening., from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau A homeless man is lying on the ground, his face hidden by his red hood., from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau Diptych depicting Christmas trees thrown onto the sidewalk and Christmas decorations against a blue sky, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau The river at night in Cholet, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau Blurry trees in front of the city, seen from the moving train arriving in Cholet. From the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau Diptych featuring stacked storage crates and a plate with a photo of my parents in the kitchen sink. From the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau The houses of my childhood neighborhood seen through the trees planted along the Moine river. From the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau Diptych featuring two large-format black and white photographs of nature in winter, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau Abstract close-up of the remains of a rusty bed frame in an illegal dump, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau An abandoned Christmas tree next to one of the closed shops in the shopping centre in the centre of Cholet. From the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau Diptych featuring two black and white polaroids of me and Sophie, as well as a blurry image of Edouard on the evening of the carnival in Cholet., from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau Metal barriers overturned in the streets of Cholet, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau The stump of a recently cut-down tree in a street in Montreuil, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau The streets of the 20th arrondissement as seen from the moving elevated metro, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau Diptych featuring two large-format black and white photographs. A road sign view from back and a closed window shop, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau Diptych presenting two still lifes on a white background. A pile of old keys and a pine needle. From the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau A pile of branches charred by fire, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau Diptych presenting two still lifes on a white background. Wilted wildflowers and a piece of granite., from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau Still life of a tangled ball of raffia yarn on a white background, from the series I will be around by Emmanuel Pineau
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