fred mortagne
Feature: 6.2
Art
FRED MORTAGNE CREMATES A LOST ART
wordsby julia lum photoby fred mortagne
It’s not new to hear somebody say “we live in a digital age”. But it’s very true. Since the not too distant beginnings of this magazine [2003] we’ve seen a surge of traditionalist photographers make the crossover to this age of mega-pixel. And while some photographers maintain the organic origins of photography from behind the digital lens, others—in their tastelessness will continue to over-manipulate and counterfeit their photos in postproduction. Lyon, France’s Fred Mortagne on the other hand chooses to destroy his work intentionally by burning his already precious film exposures the old fashioned way: match-in-hand…
