PhotoSaintGermain-Julien Lacroix, Alpages

Julien Lacroix, Alpages

The mountain does not appear here as a spectacular or heroic territory. On the contrary, Alpages looks at discreetly inhabited landscapes, shaped by time, seasons, and pastoral practices. Alpages is an attempt to observe what endures: the understated beauty of the ordinary, silence, attention, detail. The first snow on grass already bitten by the cold, weathered wood, silent slopes, passing seasons. There is a gentle melancholy in these landscapes. Something tied to time, wear, repetition: the distant sound of cowbells, the scent of dew, the last snowdrifts. These images do not seek to impress. They are captured on the fly, like quick notes. Here, there is no conquest. Only the simple beauty of middle altitudes.

This exhibition takes place within the framework of the PhotoSaintGermain festival. Organized in the heart of Paris, in the iconic Saint‐Germain‐des‐Prés neighborhood, PhotoSaintGermain is an annual festival dedicated to promoting photographic creation.

PhotoSaintGermain offers a free and freely accessible exhibition tour across a selection of museums, cultural centers, galleries, and bookstores on the Left Bank. This tour highlights a sharp and eclectic program designed by associated galleries, as well as several original exhibitions and novel projects imagined and produced by the festival.