His visual work is created by the help of a photographic procedure
not currently used in the world of photography.
An alchemical metaphysical savant, not using any tricks or special effects
but allowing the image to be active in the supra-dimension
- the dream sphere in its essence -
so as to enlarge the viewer’s ‘spatio-temporelle’ (space-time) perception
and thus open their field of consciousness.
The viewer’s contemplation thus becomes intrinsic to the work
allowing them to be a free actor of their own vision.

Nature opens herself to us and allows us to enter her most intimate space where she works in the secret of her heart. We must not enter nature with a voyeur’s eye nor with such an attitude.

We owe it to ourselves to enter into this natural alchemical haven with great care and not like a predator or conqueror because with such an attitude, nothing magical can happen.

We must not steal from nature or in other words, take action without her permission. We must respect the life that bubbles up from the heart of this gorge of vitality.

I would say that our auras should be allowed to mix and interconnect with each other — that our two halos become one.

It is at this precise moment that nature’s sacred and mysterious halo will open itself to us. Nature will unveil her secrets to us and we will be able to see life revealing a thankless battle for the survival of the species.

In the wild, it is not reason that predominates but strength — the strongest have the greatest chances of staying alive.

As for the weakest, they have a choice of dying in many ways such as illness or being killed and devoured since life can be summarized by this, “eat or be eaten.”

In this grandiose (and this word is still not great enough to express this surging life force) wilderness we find a multitude of shapes, colors, and odors. All of this invites us on a sensory journey on which we discover with bewilderment, LIFE.

Nature is like an attentive mother; she watches over those who respect her with a discrete and kind eye. Furthermore, those who respect nature respect themselves and this respect then spreads to others.

From YOA’s photographic eye, nature allows herself to be approached, caressed, and tamed. She lets him recreate life situations with insects, animals, trees, flowers…

Flora and fauna merge into a happy marriage of harmony and all our senses are awakened — our ears hear the wind brushing through the leaves of a tree, an animal cries, or an insect flies by…

Different aromas diffuse into our nostrils inducing a state of beatitude and our eyes perceive the ceaseless game of light and shadow seeking each other. Shadow and light — the perfect marriage to give depth, volume and mystery.

When penetrating the sacredness of nature, it invites us to the table of mystery where the instantaneous is present every second the eye rests upon something.

The game of light and shadow is in perpetual movement and everything depends on it.When we have entered into nature’s sacredness we will see that the bee is not only a pollen thief but participates in the procreation of the species. Everything has its place in the sacred architecture of the wild.

The bee is beneficial for the flower, which gives its pollen and entirely opens and offers itself with pleasure.

Through his photography, YOA wants to offer a new vision of nature and help us understand that we must enter her with the utmost respect so that she can give us what she holds, just waiting at our disposal.

The spontaneous photos of flora and fauna taken through YOA’s eye open us to another universe inhabited by imaginary or real characters that we can eternalize on any type of framework.

But when the eye wishes to match the curves and shapes of a woman in a perfect marriage with the curves and shapes of nature, beauty takes on another dimension. Flora and fauna mixed with feminine beauty sings a hymn to grace and harmony.

When YOA’s eye decorates fabric to create clothing, it is for the pleasure of wearing them, looking at them and feeling them.

Beauty and harmony are food for our spirit, which must draw from beauty’s source and purity to regenerate and find itself.

We can hear peace resonating from the depth of our heart in nature. This peace is like a fresh wave submerging us.

We cannot just come and take something from nature but must exchange something. Moreover, she has much more to give to us than we do to her.

In the heart of nature, YOA is no longer YOA but an intermediary between man/woman and the flora or fauna. He is simply a witness to the different expressions of life.

Every stone, flower, tree, insect, and animal has something to tell us — a story to tell or a situation to take hold of. A reciprocal friendship develops and communication thus becomes possible and even desirable.

YOA says, “True spirituality lies in forgetting oneself and nature gives us this beautiful possibility to find this abandon. Nothing exists beyond the subject and photographer’s eye. Nature is like a ritual.”

Photography is a little like giving a visual spiritual dimension to life events. Our existence is like a day bug; it passes quickly and time does not surprise us with betrayal but softness. When we wake up it is already time to leave our place for others.

Life is a long slumber of ignorance or unconcern but it is worth living.

YOA shares a part of his life with us to ravish our eyes and open our hearts to nature’s beauty.

APPROACH ON SUBJECTS

What can I say about my approach and where I stand in relation to a given subject? I do not approach a flower as I do an insect nor do I not approach a tree in the same way I would a rock.

From bird to ground animal, each invites me to take a different slant. Likewise, I do not approach a woman’s body as a woman is normally approached.

I have a calling, a positive flow that makes me feel very close to the person posing for me.

Feminine shapes inspire desire in men and vice versa. A woman has this same desire to possess with the view of a man’s body.

My approach is metaphysical and on another dimension, beyond the five senses. It is a manifestation of intuition sleeping within the depths of our personality.

It is innate in each of us and expresses itself one day or another. It is innate in me and expresses itself on several levels of creative expression — music, painting, poetry and photography.

How do we accidentally become a photographer by the necessity of what we want to express or reveal? This is my case and it came through a revelation —a revelation given by the game between light and shadow and by the strange shapes that are simply born for the beauty of this game.

Photography is a path that must be shed from egoism. We could compare it to the ZEN path of observing a subject that can provoke inner illumination — a SATORI.