PATRICIA BALITRAND

I look with curiosity at the world around me, capturing the diversity of life through landscapes, fauna, flora, and humanity. My work doesn't seek to document reality in a raw way, but rather to reveal its hidden poetry. With the camera, my intention is profoundly pictorial. I consider the act of taking a photograph as a sketch, a foundation that I then sculpt digitally. Self-taught, I have developed my own technique through the exploration of digital tools (Lightroom and Photoshop), which serve as my palette and brushes. My goal is to erase the boundary between photography and painting. By working with textures, light, and contrasts, I seek to give my images a timeless, almost dreamlike atmosphere. Through my portraits and landscapes, I invite the viewer to slow down and perceive nature not as mere scenery, but as a living painting.