{"id":708986,"date":"2025-05-09T12:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T10:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numero.com\/?p=708986"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:04:30","slug":"nantene-traore-the-photographer-of-absence-exhibited-at-reiffers-art-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/art\/nantene-traore-the-photographer-of-absence-exhibited-at-reiffers-art-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Nant\u00e9n\u00e9 Traor\u00e9, the photographer of absence exhibited at Reiffers Art Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a212558d05ac&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a212558d05ac\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nantene-traore-exposition-prix-reiffers-art-initiatives-image-paris-numero-art.jpg\" alt=\"Nant&#xE9;n&#xE9; Traor&#xE9; by Jonathan Llense, featured in the exhibition 1000 milliards d&#x2019;images by the Reiffers Art Initiatives Prize in Paris.\" class=\"wp-image-668858\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nant\u00e9n\u00e9 Traor\u00e9 by Jonathan Llense, featured in the exhibition 1000 milliards d\u2019images by the Reiffers Art Initiatives Prize in Paris.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interview with photographer Nant\u00e9n\u00e9 Traor\u00e9<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"p1\"><strong>Num\u00e9ro art: How did you create the images displayed in the exhibition &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/art-design\/discover-1000-milliards-dimages-the-new-exhibition-from-reiffers-art-initiatives\/\">1000 milliards d&#8217;images<\/a>&#8220;? I\u2019m deliberately using the word \u201cimages\u201d rather than \u201cphotographs.\u201d<\/strong>&#13;\n<strong>Nant\u00e9n\u00e9 Traor\u00e9: <\/strong>The process is quite long between the moment the photo is taken \u2013 I only work with film \u2013 and the moment when the image itself is created. Very few of my photos are used just as they are, they\u2019re always altered in some way, either by cropping or by intervening in the printing process. There\u2019s also a found image in the exhibition \u2013 a screen capture of a video I sourced online.<\/p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I tried to find out where it came from, but couldn\u2019t identify its origin. In fact, I printed it out in 2013 to make a mixtape for my boyfriend at the time, and it\u2019s a scan of the CD. In the photo you can see some reflection on the plastic&#8230; I like the fact that this image is a hybrid, both a scan and a found thing. All the other images are printed from out-of-date film that I process myself. I fiddle about in the dark room to make the photos look the way I want them to. I have them printed either on paper or on velvet, like the ones in the exhibition. I use a wide range of techniques to manipulate them, from intervening directly on the film to working on fiber.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"p1\"><strong>Why did you choose to print the images on velvet for the exhibition?&#13;\n<\/strong>It\u2019s a very difficult material to work with. The velvet is brushed against the pile and is extremely pale. So, to ensure contrast in the images, I had to brush the fiber many times very gently so that it lay in the right direction. I started working with velvet quite recently, but what I like about its being a difficult material is that it goes against the idea that a photograph can be duplicated. There is too much human intervention in these pieces for them to be identically reproduced. They\u2019re one-offs.<\/p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that\u2019s what I\u2019m interested in: how a technique \u2013 photography \u2013 that is supposed to make images widely accessible and render them reproducible can create unique works, not in terms of format or what they say, but in the way they were made, in the margin of error that occurs at each stage with human intervention.<\/p>\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a212558d0a2e&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a212558d0a2e\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vue-dexposition-Nantene-Traore-ladies-and-gentlemen-we-are-floa&#x2026;-Reiffers-Art-Prize-2025-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Work by the artist Nant&#xE9;n&#xE9; Traor&#xE9;. 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Printed on velvet, mounted on wood stretcher and American box frame. 80 x 120 cm. View of the exhibition &#8220;1000 milliards d\u2019images&#8221; at Reiffers Art Initiatives, Paris. Photo: Aur\u00e9lien Mole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"p1\"><strong>Printed on velvet, the images become yet more abstract the closer you get, which is perhaps a form of disappearance. Indeed absence and disappearance run throughout your oeuvre&#8230;&#13;\n<\/strong>Yes, absolutely. The idea of the absent image, of what\u2019s missing. Photography and images, as a general rule, are always subjective, because you frame them. So there\u2019s a whole life that I\u2019ve decided not to show around what is on display. For me, the way you frame the image is just as important as how you print or alter it.<\/p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It all starts with framing. The alterations I make to the film also permanently erase certain things, and I have to get over my regret for these potential images that will never exist. The process required me to gain knowledge in physics and chemistry, but also to look at what the pictorialist photographers were doing in the early 20th century. How have we approached photography in the past 100 years? What has already been done? All the techniques I use existed in 1890&#8230;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"p1\"><strong>The exhibition is not just about framed images, it\u2019s a very precisely crafted installation, like a kind of open narrative.&#13;\n<\/strong>This series is about where I come from, namely the Internet and Tumblr in particular, where I used to collect images found online and place them next to each other to see what they revealed. In a way, the installation is a kind of collage. It uses the codes of people who have spent too much time online, who have collected too many images, who have designed mood boards, who have stuck images on their bedroom walls. It\u2019s very similar to my bedroom as a teenager. But how are these images perceived by the public? This is beyond my control, and so much the better \u2013 I\u2019m delighted that everyone\u2019s imagination can express itself and go beyond what I wanted to convey.<\/p><\/p>\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a212558d0e02&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a212558d0e02\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vue-dexposition-Nantene-Traore-Reiffers-Art-Prize-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Work by the artist Nant&#xE9;n&#xE9; Traor&#xE9;. 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Velvet prints, wood stretcher and American box frame. View of the exhibition &#8220;1000 milliards d\u2019images&#8221; at Reiffers Art Initiatives, Paris. Photo: Aur\u00e9lien Mole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"p1\"><strong>What can you tell us about the phrases that appear throughout the exhibition and on the images?&#13;\n<\/strong>They connect the pieces together. I\u2019ve always written poetry, plays, and essays. These texts date from my adolescence. They speak of the time I spent online and of everything I remember about it, something most people born between 1990 and 2000 have in common. I wouldn\u2019t be making images if I hadn\u2019t had the Internet. Talking about this in this context helps me. When I was younger, I studied film in secondary school.<\/p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember a quote from Robert Bresson who said that the eye and the ear don\u2019t work together. He said this to explain why, in a film, there shouldn\u2019t be both music and images. We are not capable of perceiving and managing them simultaneously. I often think of this when it comes to combining text with images. This is a lot of information \u2013 it requires large enough spaces so that the one doesn\u2019t drown out the other.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Nant\u00e9n\u00e9 Traor\u00e9&#8217;s artworks are on display until May 10th, 2025, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reiffersartinitiatives.com\/en\/\">exhibition &#8220;1000 milliards d\u2019images&#8221; at Reiffers Art Initiatives<\/a>, Paris 17th.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interview with photographer Nant\u00e9n\u00e9 Traor\u00e9 Num\u00e9ro art: How did you create the images displayed in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/art\/nantene-traore-the-photographer-of-absence-exhibited-at-reiffers-art-initiatives\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Nant\u00e9n\u00e9 Traor\u00e9, the photographer of absence exhibited at Reiffers Art 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