La porte de mes croyances

Artistic Description 

“La Porte de mes Croyances” is a poetic and haunting black-and-white photograph, blending existential inquiry with symbolic imagery. The composition shows a man caught mid-turn at a threshold—a door partially open in a dimly lit passage. The stark lighting and shadows carve out a claustrophobic, introspective atmosphere. The man, slightly blurred and caught glancing back, evokes ambiguity: is he entering or leaving? Escaping or returning?

Above the scene hovers a stream of poetic text in elegant cursive, like a memory or internal monologue projected into the night. The poem is metaphysical, spiritual, and intimate. It speaks of doubt, roots, exile, lost innocence, and the quest for meaning beyond appearances. The door becomes more than architectural—it transforms into a metaphor for belief, transition, and revelation.

The framing, the narrowness of the corridor, and the intense lighting create a visual tunnel of consciousness, where the viewer is invited to confront the symbolic "door" of their own beliefs. The artwork delicately balances the personal and the universal, the mundane and the mythic.

Influences and Style

• Photographic Influences:

  • Echoes of Anders Petersen and Christer Strömholm, known for their raw, intimate human portraits in nocturnal or shadowy environments.

  • The setting and mood recall Film Noir and German Expressionism, using light as a psychological device.

• Poetic and Philosophical Influences:

  • Strong existential overtones, recalling writers like Paul Celan, Rilke, or Emil Cioran, where language becomes a mirror of internal states.

  • Spiritual references (Eve, Adam, the soul, and symbolic trees) suggest a blend of Biblical mysticism, Sufi metaphors, and Jungian archetypes.

  • The line "Une douce buée crachée par Ève, sur l’œil d’Adam dont c’est l’esprit..." blends sensual imagery with metaphysical abstraction.

• Artistic Themes:

  • Identity and spiritual questioning

  • The body as a vessel of doubt and revelation

  • Doors as thresholds between conscious and unconscious

  • Memory, exile, and the idea of returning "home"

  • The tension between illumination and darkness