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Sylvain Granjon: Genetically Modified Magic

“I was in the circus … until the accident”. That is a reasonable version of how Sylvain Granjon replied to my “tell me about yourself” question last summer in Arles. My heart soared with the prospect of pictures made by someone who has been communicating

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Long before digital darkroom, photographers had their own ways of creating magic, surrealism, and new realities with montaged photographs, sometimes in the wet darkroom, and sometimes simply with a pair of scissors and some glue. Paris photographer, Sylvain Granjon, carries that tradition on with two new series, Photography Genetically Modified and Je suis né arc en ciel. We featured Sylvain’s charming project with his daughter some years ago, Douce Amère and this new work continues in the vein of play and transformation.