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Axel Papon

Passionate and self-educated artistic photographer, Axel is my second name that I use for photography, as I like to totally differentiate between my private and professional life so I can keep a relative confidentiality. I first worked as a computer instructor, it was so close from digital photography and despite a disability (I have a color-vision deficiency) that could have frustrated me in this job, and I made it into a force. Indeed I don’t perceive light and colors the same way as a ‘regular’ person: my visible color palette (such as a rainbow) is wider and different depending on the ambient brightness (that’s why I can see the first infrared and ultraviolet range). This shortcoming has turned into a force as I can see colors in a very singular way, I can tame it and sculpt it in different ways… Light being the base of photography, I now consider my disability as an asset. I love the artistic photography as it adds a dimension, a feeling, an emotion and can sublimate pictures, shots, objects and landscapes or it can highlight the topic. I love to travel and discover new countries, new cultures, new landscapes, animals, nature, characters and other ways to be and think and capture everything. Macrophotography is another aspect from photography why I am so passionate, the minute world is so huge and is pulsing with life if you take time to care about it. The feminine artistic nude also inspires me as it promotes the human body with nothing more than shadow and light, with no artifice, no cheats, no superficiality, the model only discloses herself to be who she is, sensual and natural. I also like to focus on a few diverse photo technics such as HDR, light painting, focus stacking, 3D panoramic (spherical), aerial views with drones and virtual visits that can add another dimension on the pictures as if we were in it. I love several aspects of photography, I love to try and use new styles and technics, highlighting the beauty of everybody, capture and share pictures just to immortalize a moment, a behavior, a feeling…

This is my photographical approach… Axel – LP

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