MY CREATIVE PROCESS


When I travel, I take my tripod and cell phone with me. I let myself be carried along by spontaneous moments and synchronicities, in order to capture the photo and video material. I gather bits of color, frequencies, shapes and sounds that inspire me. These are unique moments of encounters, when you come across a landscape or someone on your path. We are faced with the precious uniqueness of a moment that needs to be told through a creative process of photographic or videographic capture. Through the lens, behind each object, a story is told, a visual narrative, revealing the depth inherent in the details of our everyday existence. Be it a field of grass, a stream, a landscape, a simple leaf, an open door, a fabric dancing in the wind, a coffee pot, a look. The elements fire water air earth are often poetically represented. 
My approach is based on the concept of biophilia: “the passionate love of life and all living things... whether a person, a plant, an idea or a social group” (Erich Fromm). (It's the love and curiosity of living beings that fuels my inspiration.

 
STATE OF MIND FOR THE CREATIVE PROCESS
During the recording and realization of the work, I will calm my mind, meditate, sing, dance, take a walk in nature and leave behind the worries and stresses of everyday life. This state of mind allows for spontaneity and inspiration, and is the basis of the creative impulse. You create what you feel.
 
STAGES IN THE CREATION OF A WORK OF ART

PHOTOGRAPHIC OR VIDEO CAPTURE 

In some cases, photographs or videos are presented as they are, without transformation: artworks in their own right.
The images I capture while traveling do not follow postcard aesthetics or tourist-style souvenirs. The focus is not on high resolution or technical performance: what matters is the poetic narrative, the spontaneity of the moment, and the constraints of the terrain that shape the work. Each image bears witness to a living gesture and a genuine encounter with the territory. The photographs are selected with curatorial intent, remaining true to my artistic practice and poetic universe.

PHOTOS-VIDÉOS PROJECTIONS

Some works will be created from photo/video projections in the studio. The photographs or videos will be projected onto a white wall to recreate new works. My creative process for the projections resembles an alchemical experiment that deconstructs and dematerializes images in light. By superimposing several images on the wall, a new poetry of light emerges. My imagination can play with the transmutation effect of vibrant colors and varied textures. Something genuinely new is created, bearing a singular existence, with a renewed, more personal frequency. 

second capture
Throughout the process of projecting the images and videos onto the screen or wall, I capture again with the cell phone or camera what I feel will emerge as an interesting concept and final work.
 


 

Installations, Performances & Conceptual Works

Most of the creations available in this shop were captured while traveling.
Here, I mainly showcase my photographs and photo-projections.
This shop is a window: a space where you can acquire a piece of my universe.

Some of my more conceptual works, Fann / Laver, Le Voile des Mémoires, etc., are featured on my artist website daniellelamontagne.art. Their creative process is more complex and rooted in in situ experience. It is not detailed here, as this section highlights the works presented and available for purchase in my shop.

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La quasi-totalité des créations proposées dans cette boutique, sont captées en voyage. Ici, je présente surtout mes photographies et mes photo-projections. Cette boutique est une fenêtre : un espace pour acquérir une partie de mon univers.

Certaines œuvres créées in situ, nées directement de ce travail nomade en voyage comme Fann / Laver ou Le voile des mémoires, se dévoilent davantage sur mon site d’artiste daniellelamontagne.art.

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