Thibault Roland's photostream  

Light manipulator and lover - Freelance Photographer & Biophysics Researcher

My personnal website: www.thibaultroland.com


Presentation:
Born in Nancy (France) in 1981, he studied physics in Grenoble and spend some time in the Netherlands before completing a Ph.D. in Lyon. He is now a Howard Hughes Medical Institute postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University in biophysics and uses light as a tool to manipulate and elucidate the fundamental aspects of life.
His passion for photography started very early in his life, nearly 15 years ago, when he traveled to Egypt. Since then, he has traveled to many other countries
(including North Africa, Asia, North and Central America and Europe), and his love for photography has deepened and grown into a fascination for light.

Self taught, he has studied many aspects of photography, including close-ups, landscapes and portraits. He explains his passion:
“Photography is always there in my mind. I am always looking at the artistic potential of every situation. Good cameras alone are not enough to make a good photographer. It also requires a good sense of observation and composition. This is something you gain with experience, but most of the
time you also need to anticipate an interesting scene.”

Recently, he has developed a deep interest in fine art photography, especially black and white long exposure techniques.
“I enjoy many aspects of this technique. I appreciate the ability to stretch time and turn a somewhat common or even uninteresting scene into a pure
abstract or mysterious image. I look for small details, often unseen by most people, and make it the focus of the photograph. I also find light fascinating, and being able to capture and manipulate it to form an image never ceases to amaze me. When I use time to blur an image, abstraction and mystery kick in, and often the audience wonders what the subject is, or if
they are looking at a photograph, a sketch, or a painting.”
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“In entering Thibault Roland's "Cornell Timescapes," you will enter Cornell through a different door, through another, timeless dimension. It is a Cornell you have not seen before –– a Cornell of stark contrasts, of singular illuminations. Thibault uses Cornell and its environs the way a painter uses canvas and brush. This book is a still life; light and the absence of light are Thibault's medium. In these extraordinary photographs you will encounter scenes that could be anywhere and scenes that could be nowhere but Cornell. The very essence of manmade and natural edifices appear transformed. In Thibault Roland's "Timescapes," you will encounter, again and again, the mystery and majesty of Cornell.”

Jacqueline K. Powers
Senior director of Government Relations
Government and Community Relations
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY. USA



To acquire fine art prints, propose a place for a future exhibition of my pictures or get authorization to publish them in your magazine, please contact me through FlickR or the contact form on my website.


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