For those who have even the most superficial glance at a problem or Olivier Zahm Purple Purple Journal, the title of his new show, The Secrets of women with a photo, you must be a bit surprised. But the secret is really no secret. “I think the interesting thing is that the book is the whole secret, but it is really a secret,” Zahm said the gallery opening last night LeadApron Los Angeles. “Y” that all women have a secret to try to understand. ”
If understanding is the goal, few have done their homework more thoroughly than Zahm. Images shown are taken from the work that fires everywhere in the hotel rooms to share the road. “Something is happening between the photographer and model,” said the intimate images, a combination of friends, lovers, and women who have come and gone from your life. “You can call it an emotion or interaction, and should not be sexual. But to create an emotional contact with women he photographs so you can express something deep within him.”
Although it is constantly showing its agenda of purple, the small local shows and Los Angeles, which is new. “It’s hard for me because I have my team to be critical,” said Zahm. “Deciding whether it is an image that has the potential to be an artist.” What, for example, the possibility of being trendy? “These images are not built,” he said. “I’m very rarely a fashion photography. It is more than a moment with a model for me. I do not want to look like you’re shooting a model. Even if there is a fashion photography shoot in, is always personal and underwear and a moment of distraction. “