seascape, from the series les limites du territoire, analog photography by Emmanuel Pineau

There was a time when I imagined the world in a totally different way. I was a kid, around 8 years old or something and my notion of space was very limited. At this time, I was thinking that the street I was living in was the whole country and the town was the world.

About 20 years ago when I started editing pictures of this series, I noticed that the place where the photographs were made had a very little importance in my work, as I was always attracted by the same subjects.

This gave me the idea that these pictures drew a sort of imaginary map of a completely fictive continent, a place which only existed in my mind. That’s how « Les limites du territoire » began.

The silhouette of a woman seen from behind, wearing a dark coat, looking out at the sea
Abstract close-up of a hole in a wire fence
The foot of a granite cliff in Brittany
A dead seagull abandoned on the sand of a beach in Brittany
Large curtains stretched across a beach in Tenerife
The unmade bed in the morning light
Abstract composition: the legs of a woman lying down in sunlight
A large log placed on the ground in front of a stone wall
A small stone wedged between two blocks of rock
Extreme close-up of a feather on the sand of a beach in Brittany
Abstract composition with dark and light rocks
Abstract composition with a cactus held by a string
Abstract composition with two garden hoses on the ground
Abstract composition with a giant aloe vera plant in front of a concrete wall
Abstract composition with the branches of a shrub in a winter forest
Abstract composition with tree branches charred by fire
Abstract composition with a close-up of a dirty construction site canvas
An empty space on the island of Tenerife in Spain
A recently pruned tree in front of a white building in Cholet
Footprints in the sand at the foot of the granite cliffs in Brittany
Abstract composition with a house facade in the south of France
The sea in Brittany on a stormy day
The reflection of branches on the surface of a lake in winter
The photographer's shadow facing a wall
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