journal no. 4: A drink for Jean-Luc

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self. -Jean-Luc Godard

First: thanks again to everyone who attended our gallery exhibit. The turnout at the opening and the chance to share our work  with a more intimate audience was more than we could have asked for.

We've been blessed with some inviting and positive press, in regards to our premier exhibit here in Washington, D.C.
Mark Jenkins review in the Post [here], makes a comparison of one of our flagship pieces to a scene from a Goddard film. There is no coincidence that our efforts evoke the ambitions of the Young Turks. 

In Vivre Sa Vie, Anna Karina's character, Nana,  looks straight into the camera,  her cigarette lightly letting off a line of smoke, and Jean Ferrat's song "Ma Môme" begins to play.

This contrast conveyed  between reality, the brutal honesty of life discussed in the film, and artistic interpretations of daily vignettes is the essence of the nature of our own work. [version from BFI featured in the jump]

We couldn't yet announce that we're intending on changing the face of photography in the way that French New Wave cinema changed film making--through experimental yet, simplified techniques, and the maintenance of individualism through narrative exploration of realism--but we align our efforts to parallel La Nouvelle Vague.

It may only be March, but we've already entertained what feels like a full year of exploration and development. Expect new and plenty from Oculoire for the rest of 2018.