Frenchman Christophe Jacrot is a photographic flâneur in the finest Baudelairean sense. He continuously plunges into New York, Paris, London, or Hong Kong to photograph and bring to light the hidden, fleeting moments of the everyday in their full poetic density and romantic charisma – which he only does in rain or snow. The more stormy and terrible the weather, the more exciting and atmospheric the moment. To discover the beauty of metropolitan life in bad weather, the viewer must first take a plunge into the rain. The pictures will immediately exude a heartbreaking aura, without falling into gloom or sadness. Quite the opposite! Each metropolis shines in its own unique, rainy mood. There is a noticeable difference when the sky cries over Hong Kong versus London, or when it snows in Paris as compared to New York. The rainwater pours down bus windows, creating the ideal surface sheen for light, colors, and reflections of the street. An elegant woman’s shoe of a passerby, the sole of which glistens red above wet asphalt – Baudelaire devoted entire love poems to such fleeting moments; Jacrot presents them with perfect pictures. It is precisely these unseen moments in which life reveals all its uniqueness and beauty. The bad weather becomes the ideal bearer of longing and love. Jacrot’s subjects could be from film noir, yet they are intentionally brought to us in color.
Stephan Reisner
1960 Born in France
Lives and works in Paris, France
Exhibits (Selection)
2011 Christophe Jacrot, Axelle Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Christophe Jacrot, Axelle Fine Arts, New York, USA
2010 Galerie de l´Europe, Paris, France
Galerie du Chapitre, Nimes, France
Le Lucernaire, Paris, France
2008 Galerie de l´Europe, Paris, France
Little Big Galerie, Paris, France
2007 Le Lucernaire, Paris, France
Books/Catalogs (Selection)
2008 Paris sous la pluie, Editions du Chêne
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