CHRISTOPHE LOBIER

Based in Paris, I work at the boundary between photography and abstract painting. Many of my images are born from long exposures and intentional camera movement (ICM); a technique that dissolves reality to retain only the essential: shape, light, emotion.

What interests me is taking photography out of its documentary constraints. An image can capture a precise moment while simultaneously saying something universal about our condition.

The ICM technique suppresses detail, freeing the image from its immediate context and giving it a broader, more timeless dimension. The transparent silhouette of a child can recall moments with our own children, while illustrating a universal truth every parent knows: childhood is far too fleeting.

Self-taught, it is precisely this freedom from academic codes that defines my vision. I do not seek to document but to translate. What I seek in every image is that moment when reality gives way to something both more intimate and more universal. A silhouette can be anyone. A colour of light can become anyone's memory.

My work revolves around two series: Rêverie, which explores the tension between visual clarity and emotional truth, and Lignes de Vie, which questions the limits of perception through photography reduced to its bare outlines.

Limited edition prints are available.

Upcoming exhibitions:

- 3 to 23 November 2026: group exhibition at the Salon d'Automne de la Société des Beaux-Arts de Boulogne.
- Q1 2027 (date TBD): solo exhibition at the Maison de la Parole in Meudon. 

Awards:

- Prix du Salon (First prise of the exhibition)
: Salon de Printemps of Ville d'Avray, 2025.