A side project from his typical work as a high end editorial photographer, French artist Julien Vallon has created a series of nude art photographs that deviate from the more traditional posed portraits that dominate the genre. In Vallon’s Pre-Conscience/Conscience (or, for the sake of brevity, PCS/CS), the photographer has formed a way to capture “the free movement beyond logic, will, thought and conformity, to release the beauty.”
Inspired by the psychology of Carl Jung and his studies of the human psyche and collective unconscious, Vallon explains his own effort as a “a long reflection on subconscious movement”.
“During several hours, according to Jung’s precepts, I try to open the inside world of my models to reveal their true identity through their own movement, until each impulse becomes natural.”
For the photoshoots, Vallon prefers to work with ordinary people rather than professional models. Some are his friends, some are total strangers–a practice which provides an eclectic group subjects. Due to the nature of the shoot, which is part physiological study, the sessions can last anywhere from a few hours to ten hours. The result is a collection of nudes that reach far beyond convention.
To see more of Vallon’s work, please visit his website, Instagram, and Twitter.
[ via It’s Nice That ]
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