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Urban minimalist photography

Jean-François Naturel - Author photographer

Minimalist urban photography is at the heart of my work as an author photographer. It allows me to explore the contemporary architecture and landscapes of Greater Paris through a photographic lens where simplicity becomes a form of expression.


In these refined compositions, the city is transformed into a space of calm and contemplation. Geometric shapes, shadows, and materials take on an almost abstract dimension, inviting the viewer to look at their surroundings differently.

My approach to minimalist photography is based on a dual intention: to document reality while revealing its visual poetry. Each image is conceived as a silent fragment of the urban world, where human presence is more discernible than visible.
Far from the spectacular, I pay particular attention to light, composition and the breathing of space - all elements that allow me to create images that are both rigorous and sensitive.

These series, often centered on urban architecture and building forms, question our relationship to territory and time. They constitute a trace, an artistic testimony to the transformation of the metropolitan landscape.


Presented in the form of limited edition art prints, they extend this dialogue between the rigor of reality and the subjectivity of the gaze.

Through this approach, I seek to offer the viewer a peaceful visual experience - another way of inhabiting the city, in the simplicity of lines and the beauty of silence.

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