Predator by Jean Marie Donat Ania Nałęcka-Milach L’horloge abîmée du progrès laisse

L’horloge abîmée du progrès laisse place à une horloge charnelle et intime au rythme capricieux

their custody remains in the hands of the state – subjecting them to a lengthy process of up to three years to gain legal status

Vincent Delbrouck and Aglaia Konrad

Photographs taken in rural Texas

Predator by Jean Marie Donat Ania Nałęcka-Milach L’horloge abîmée du progrès laisseThese photographs were taken in the 1920s through the 1970s, throughout the world. They have one detail in common, which reminds us of the history of amateur photography: the shadow of the photographer. Jean Marie Donat appropriated this incongruity, choosing only images in which the shadow appears wearing a hat. The effect of repetition created by imagining this series becomes its subject: the same man looms, always and everywhere.