• 53 Point - Bones Ceremony - Nova Scotia, Canada - by Romain Rivalan. Limited and signed edition prints on fine art paper (Hahnemühle Photorag 315g) Size available on demand. A black and white photography depicting animal bones as an offering to the forest.
  • 57 Point - Hell or The Last Judgment - Il Sacro Monte Italy - by Romain Rivalan. Limited and signed edition prints on fine art paper (Hahnemühle Photorag 315g) Size available on demand. A black and white photography, Lifesize sculpture of the Last Judgment in one of the chapels of the Stations of the Cross at Il Sacro Monte, a major Catholic pilgrimage site. It depicts angels and humans caught up in and struggling against the flames.
  • 17 - Ask The Birds - This is not a settlement - West Bank Israel - 2017 - by Romain Rivalan. Limited and signed edition prints on fine art paper (Hahnemühle Photorag 315g) Size available on demand. A black and white photography of a new modern city, with tall buildings on a hill in the West Bank.
  • Wait for the sea - Ostend, Belgium – 2023 - by Romain Rivalan. Limited and signed edition prints on fine art paper (Hahnemühle Photorag 315g). Size available on demand. A black and white photography of a man alone in front of the sea.
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Romain Rivalan - Photographer

Romain Rivalan is a photographer based in Marseille in France. He regulary works in tandem with the video artist Youri Cayron.

His photographic approach explore the relationship between individuals and their territory(ies), questionning the notion of the occupation of space on the differents scale of the body, landscape and architecture. The interconnexions between humans and their immediate environment is at the heart of his work.

Romain Rivalan began photography in his teens, influenced by the films and filmmakers he discovered at the time: German expressionism, American film noir, Italian neo-realism and Japanese new wave. His practice evolved over time until it crystallised in the exclusive use of black and white film. He has taken part in a number of solo, tandem or group exhibitions in France, Europe and Canada, and has been invited to creative residencies, notably with Youri Cayron, to develop his research and present the work Ask the birds approaching urban planning and identity issues in Israel and West Bank, Palestine.

Works

Biography

Achievements

Exhibitions

2023

  • "Mirages" – L’ancienne pharmacie Gallery – Saurat, France
  • "Point Aveugle" – Metaxu Gallery – Toulon, France

2022

  • "Mémoire à la coupe" – Working-class heritage of the town of Barjols - Provence Verte Library – Var, France
  • "À corps perdu" – La conciergerie – La Motte-Servolex, France

2021

  • "Mémoire à la coupe" – Working-class heritage of the town of Barjols - La Tannerie – Barjols, France

2020

  • "Fragments précaires" – Les 8 pillards – Marseille, France

2019

  • "Ask the birds"– « Horizons » Festival - MUCEM, Marseille, France
  • "Let the lonely shell dream" – Chrysalid Gallery – Rotterdam, Nederland

2018

  • "Ask the birds"– Grands Bains Douche Gallery, Marseille
  • "Ask the birds"– Vidéodrome 2, Marseille
  • "Ask the birds"– International Photography Festival in Gaspésie, Québec, Canada
  • "Shimbashi 24-24" – in Tandem with Sébastien Lebègue • Rétine Argentique – Marseille, France

2017

  • "Ask the birds"– Traces de vie Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France
  • "Ask the birds"– Installation in Judean desert near Jeriicho - Israel

2016

  • "Ask the birds"– Urban planning and identity issues in Israel and Palestine - Palest’In & Out Festival - Rotonde Stalingrad, Paris, France

2014

  • "Cul de sac à ciel ouvert" – Project about life in motorhomes - Lift Gallery – Marseille, France
  • "Cul de sac à ciel ouvert" – Project about life in motorhomes - Rétine Argentique – Marseille, France