{"id":4432,"date":"2011-04-12T14:47:53","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T21:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=4432"},"modified":"2011-04-12T15:09:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T22:09:28","slug":"vincent-gabriel-by-anne-sophie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2011\/04\/12\/vincent-gabriel-by-anne-sophie\/","title":{"rendered":"VINCENT GABRIEL’s POLAboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Anne Sophie<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Vincent Gabriel, selfportait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Vincent Gabriel is a young french polaroid photographer. Although he considers himself as being an amateur, his\u00a0images are definitly made\u00a0under control and\u00a0reflect some\u00a0sort of pure tranquility,\u00a0 distance, inspiration and deep thinking… His universe is about friendship, day to day life\u00a0but also travels, a lot of travels. He answered a few questions for Reviewer Magazine about his work and his projects…<\/div>\n
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Vincent Gabriel, transfer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0When and why did you start your photographic work?<\/strong><\/div>\n
I started to shoot photographs and particularly polaroids about five years ago. To begin with, I was just shooting polaroids for fun. I had randomly bought one on e-bay and it rapidly became a real passion. I fel in love with the typical colors of polaroid, with the uncertainty of the result and this noise when the picture ejects off the camera… It is a “whole” !<\/div>\n
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Vincent Gabriel, baobabs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Do you have a formal artistic education?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
No, not at all! I really like art in general and photography in particular. I learned by watching a lot, looking and I think I still have plenty of things to learn.<\/div>\n
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Vincent Gabriel, flower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Why polaroid and what\u00a0sort of equipment\u00a0do you work with?<\/strong><\/div>\n
What I prefer the most in polaroid is the instant aspect. The fact of watching the polaroid picture\u00a0develop is amazing. I could never finish a film and the wait before being able to\u00a0look at\u00a0the pictures was just unbearable. One day I’ll maybe learn\u00a0develop a film\u00a0myself but for now as polaroid is doing it for me, it’s just perfect! I use different cameras : I have a SX-70 and\u00a0a SRL680 for square formats and I have a polaroid 195 for rectangular ones.<\/div>\n
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Vincent Gabriel, brooklyn bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>Do you use other artistic techniques?<\/strong><\/div>\n
In general, it’s always linked with polaroid. I always try new techniques, different transfers, cut-ups, mosaics… There are thousands of possibilities and so many supports to try on.<\/div>\n
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Vincent Gabriel, transfer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Do you consider your work as experimental?<\/strong><\/div>\n
Yes and no. When I only shoot a picture and don’t work on the support then it’s not an experimental work. But when I do an emulsion transfer on bubble wrap, then yes, that can be considered as experimental.<\/div>\n
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Vincent Gabriel, portrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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I think I can still make progress. I carry on doing lots of tests and I’ve got a few ideas in mind that’ll maybe be on my blog or my website one day. As I’ve said there are an infinity of possibilities and I want to try the most.<\/div>\n
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You can\u00a0discover more of Vincent Gabriel’s polaroids on his website and on his polaboratory blog, just follow the links below :<\/p>\n

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Vincent Gabriel, flatiron love<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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