Cardboard Box Head - Part two
- Cardboard Box Head - Part Two
Humdrum daily routine of a Cardboard Box Head guy_ 
Cardboard Box Head #7 - Repeat the same routine
Here starts the second part of the Cardboard Box Head series with the humdrum daily routine of the character. We leave the fantasy / nightmare atmosphere to get in a 'Kafka' realism of the absurd...
Cardboard Box Head #8 - Box office
A walking box working in the biggest 'box office' of Paris ... Since the beginning, I had in mind the image of the character looking toward the Grande Arche de la Défense, in a frame composition strongly recalling the first photograph 'The Monolith'.
Cardboard Box Head #9 - Closed spaceOnce the character transformed into a Box Head, I wanted for following photographs that the pattern of the box (symbol of his confinement) appears in an allusive way.
Cardboard Box Head #10 - Step out of this wallsWorking on the 'job' section for the humdrum daily routine of the carboard box head guy, I looked again at photographer Phillip Toledano work with a focus on his project 'Bankrupt', hoping it will inspire the shooting. Then, as often with my first intentions, I've slipped into something else...
Cardboard Box Head #11 - BreakoutRest of the Cardboard Box for the 11th photograph of the series Cardboard Box Head. Seeing those cubical patterns on the interior walls of the Grande Arche de la Defense, I decided to put the character down there. A cube within cubes.- Cardboard Box Head #12 - Box on the moveSecond incursion of the Cardboard box head guy in the Paris Metro ... How to transform an element of scenery that initially bothered me into a major component for the composition of this photograph. Thanks to the blur of the depth of field, the center bar isolates the character in the frame. Even in a public place, he's literally cut off from the rest of the world.
- Cardboard Box Head #13 - Crossing the riverThe way back to home for the Cardboard Box Head guy. I've always been fascinated by the endless flow of cars moving on the Paris ring road at any time of day ... I like the paradox of this character caught in motion, while we are on an exposure time of more than a second.
- Cardboard Box Head #14 - Food box containerThis photograph should remember you the photo Automatic Consumption. Since the project began, I had in mind a photograph representing the Cardboard Box Head guy in search of food, looking at shelving full of cans in a supermarket ... It seemed obvious to me then that I could not find a better spot for this photograph, so why fight and eventually lead to a less graphic photograph and disappointing picture regarding the rest of the series ?!
- Cardboard Box Head #15 - The box next doorThe Cardboard Box Head guy goes back into its underground quarters and I also get back my parking garage neon lights, bright unifying trail for the character and recurrent graphic pattern in almost every picture of the series ...
- Cardboard Box Head #16- The dining boxThe Cardboard Box Head guy is back home, box sweet box ... I found funny and a bit surreal picturing the character surrounding himself with cardboard boxes to organize its living space.
- Cardboard Box Head #17- The sleep boxI wanted the series to end very simply. Chronologically, this photograph was the first to be made, cause I was a bit in the hurry. I like the idea that the head of the Carboard Box guy is arranged like a piece of furniture, when he falls asleep ...
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