Images of Nuit optimale ont been made between September 2004 and May 2005, at night and in urban areas. The photographer recorded sources of artificial light, oscillating between a distant echo of narrative realism and the boundaries of abstraction, through a constant denial of the development. Like Mémoire vive, his previous book, the images are accompanied by written notes during the shooting, in a more brief, however, in correspondence with the wandering thoughts made possible by wandering at night.
Arnaud Claass
Auteur, Photographe
Born in Paris in 1949.
His work is in numerous public and private collections including the Musée National d’Art Moderne (Pompidou Center), the European House of Photography, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the National Museum of Fine Arts in Tokyo, Camerawork / Howard Stein Collection in New York.
In addition to his teaching at the ENSP of Arles, he was invited several years at the International Center of Photography (New York) and the Ecole des Arts Appliqués de Vevey.
It is currently at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dublin.
His work is in numerous public and private collections including the Musée National d’Art Moderne (Pompidou Center), the European House of Photography, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the National Museum of Fine Arts in Tokyo, Camerawork / Howard Stein Collection in New York.
In addition to his teaching at the ENSP of Arles, he was invited several years at the International Center of Photography (New York) and the Ecole des Arts Appliqués de Vevey.
It is currently at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Dublin.
La plénitude photographique
Arnaud Claass
Orientations photographiques
Arnaud Claass
L’intuition photographique
Arnaud Claass
Essai sur Robert Frank
Arnaud Claass
La considération photographique
Arnaud Claass
Du temps dans la photographie
Arnaud Claass
Le réel de la photographie
Arnaud Claass
Heure locale
Arnaud Claass
Lude
Joséphine Michel
Arnaud Claass
Nuit optimale
Arnaud Claass
Mémoire vive
Arnaud Claass
La magie, sinon rien
Alain Coulange
Arnaud Claass