Vincent Fournier’s stark and ghostly photos have an other worldly quality that lend to the chosen subject matter of all things outer space. In his exhibit “Space Project,” he captures desolate landscapes that could easily be from another planet, as well as droids, machines, and other objects actually meant to travel beyond this earth. Interiors of different space stations from around the globe also offer a look into the inner workings of a research station, as well as transforming it into a canvas of white, dotted with brightly colored control panels and buttons. Offices and labs with prototypes of space craft and other developing technology, show just how complex these adventures into space can be. The French born photographer also catches a few human forms in his photos, fully suited up in space gear and helmets as if ready to leave on a mission. Fournier’s photographic mission forced him to travel to various space centers all over the world suchs as The Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center of the Russian Federation, and the Atacama Desert Observatories in Chile, to research his subject matter.
Although sterile and quiet, his photos activate and excite the mind to consider the appeal of outer space. From earth, Fournier’s lens only reaches so far, but far enough to keep us questioning the unknown.
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