Statues are often idealised works of art, with ideological, political or religious representations, immortalising their subjects. The series “Colosses” is a study of the landscapes embracing those monumental statues.
Although hugeness is appealing or even fascinating, I was first intrigued by the human need to build gigantic declarations. I asked myself how such works could fit into their surroundings and the landscapes, despite their excessive dimensions and their fundamentally symbolic and traditional functions?
I chose to photograph the statues from a standpoint outside their formal surroundings (touristic or religious), and to favour a more detached view, watching them from the sidelines. This detachment enabled me to offer a wider view of the landscape and to place the monuments in a more contemporary dimension.
Human figures appear sporadically and confront their own insignificance to the greatness of symbols. Thus, these characters are reduced to miniatures and emphasise the disproportion between them.