Photographe : Tim Flach*, More Than Humans
On a peu de besoins quand on est
vivement touché par ceux des autres.
~ Lessing
***
Je connais la valeur de l’amitié.
Qui voudrait vivre sans elle?
Elle est estimable
quand elle partage les joies,
inestimable
quand elle partage les douleurs.
~ Joseph Von Görres
***
Les jouissances de l’amitié,
Je l’avoue,
Sont la véritable béatitude.
En fait de bonheur,
il ne faut pas rechercher
le «pourquoi»,
ni regarder au «comment».
Le meilleur
et le plus sûr
est de le prendre
comme il vient.
~ Duchesse de Choiseul
***
Sais-tu ce qui fait
disparaître la cage?
La sympathie
vraie et profonde,
l’amitié,
la fraternité
l’amour.
Ils ouvrent la cage
comme un charme enchanteur.
Celui qui n’a pas cette chance
demeure dans la mort.
Car où naît la sympathie,
naît la vie.
~ Vincent Van Gogh
***
Voici,
je mets mes clefs sur la porte;
je résilie tous droits
sur ma maison.
Accordez-moi
seulement au départ
quelques
bonnes paroles.
~ Tagore
***
Par la douceur
le cœur le plus dur
peut s’attendrir.
Mais essaie
de le façonner
et de le polir,
il rougira comme le feu
ou s’engourdira
comme la glace.
~ Tchouang-Tse
***
Sometimes in this lifetime,
we meet a special soul,
who fills our very essence,
to almost overflow,
we drink the cup of friendship,
it tastes like ruby wine,
and you know within your heart,
this meeting was Divine...
~ Unknown
Les gens peuvent aimer votre apparence,
mais c’est votre personnalité qui les fidélisera.
Si vous aimez les chevaux, la série EQUUS est renversante.
Une interview au sujet de sa dernière publication More Than Humans (extrait) :
I have to ask Tim the unavoidable and probably really daft question that lies behind my professional crush on him: what goes on when he takes these stunning images? Does he have a special connection with the animals that brings out a human side to them, invisible to us non-animal-whispering cretins until Tim communicates between us and them?
“It’s an interesting question about the humanness that we find in an animal,” Tim says, looking patient as he gets ready for a long explanation – it appears my question has been asked before. “It can be argued that humans have a tendency to find in animals what they have in themselves. Anthropomorphism is something that is often debated and in some circles it is questioned whether it’s about that or about us centring ourselves to everything around us – anthropocentrism. I would probably argue that we always want to find humanness in things and identify it through ourselves. Naturally we like the puppy with big eyes because it’s like our baby with big eyes, and it’s been proven, now that they can scan brains, that the same bit of brain is active when looking at puppies as when we look at babies, so it’s understandable that these triggers work. And yes, I do use anthropomorphism intentionally, but I’m also aware of its context. The bigger question is how we occupy the animal’s space, and in a sense, how we appropriate our experiences around an understanding and apply them to the animals. It could be just simply us talking to our cats thinking they understand us. But ultimately I would argue that the bigger question really is, how do we understand our perceptual space? There’s an idea called ‘Umwelt’ about perceptual bubbles which asks ‘can we actually understand another human?’ We can share certain commonalities, but we all have a unique perceptual space. And an animal has another perceptual space, it’s just perhaps a bit more removed.”
BIOGRAPHY
Tim has
worked for a number of popular titles including National Geographic and The New
York Times Magazine but is becoming best known for his stunning animal
portraits.Born in London Tim studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and has received numerous awards including The International Photography Awards for professional photographer in Fine Art, Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Hasselblad Masters amongst many others.
Adding to his existing success Tim has now been awarded a fellowship by the BIPP.
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