Olli Bery is a French photographer with a very direct approach that leaves no room for concessions. He developed his photographic language around reality, which allows him to exhibit the unusual, but also recognizable, face of the world. His works are a vibrant dialogue that takes place in an intimate environment. Olli Bery knows how to listen and how to respond.
“My work is constructed like a musical score in which my emotional flashes impose the rhythm on the photographs and direct the operating modes I use to respond to them.”
Trained as a photo reporter, Olli Bery has transformed his work into continuous development of the same photographic act. For the last ten years, the artist has invested all his energy into a single project. His strong points are modesty, solitude, lack of acquisitiveness, reverence for the commonplace, and exploration of the familiar. The artist strengthens the narrative by allowing photographic technique, printing, types of paper, and final products to influence his aesthetic. His work is homogenous, authentic, and resonant to the extent that the viewer can see colours in otherwise black and white photographs.
The artist has dedicated the last ten years to a singular photographic act. It’s challenging, but also exciting to be part of a long narrative. This edition is proof that photography can induce predictability, expectation, and a little bit of magic. Olli Bery describes his work as a riddle that leaves the viewer eager to find out more:
“The only whispered clue is a question: DO YOU SEE THE BLUE?”
Olli Bery (*1973 / France)
instagram: @ollibery_seriti
