AURÉLIEN CHAUVAUD | PORTRAITS OF PEOPLE

When photographing individuals outside the framework of commissioned work, Aurélien favors raw sincerity. The framing tightens around a face, a gesture, an attitude. Light emphasizes details — skin, gazes, silences. His portraits do not seek effect but emotion, the kind that arises from encounter. The human being lies at the heart of his work, not idealized but shown with sensitivity. Each image becomes the witness of an exchange, where photography asserts itself as a space of trust. The frame, far from being a constraint, acts as a setting that welcomes and enhances the presence of the other.