Hub Side Down
Hong Kong, Bangkok, Tokyo, Shanghai: four cities of endless flow, four Asian megalopolis,
four hubs where Bertrand Meunier hunts down his recurrent questions about human beings
versus their environment and the daily clashes they face. He reveals the madness of the
global city, giving the feeling of science fiction came true: instead of showing the megalopolis
head-on, the photographer invents it with its pictures, and recreates a fifth imaginary city, as
a questioning about individual behaviours in these urban modern worlds.
In a black and white
photography, in which the grain is ever-present, taking his time to stand back, to process his
contact sheets, to discover his own images, Bertrand Meunier eliminates nearly all
architecture from his pictures to focus on the human. Through an expressionist approach in which the form strengthens the content, the photographer’s commitment places him in Anders Petersen’s movement. Bertrand Meunier sets grave and penetrating eyes on men set in a particular context. His reflection is part
of a long term work: he began working on China more than ten years ago.
Camille Pillias
This series is stilling in progress.
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