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Buildings Overflow With Balloons in This Photography Project

Charles Pétillon photographs giant balloon structures in urban spaces.
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The flurry of white globes bursting out of buildings, crevices, and structures in photographer Charles Pétillon Invasion series may seem like a clever visual illusion, but in fact, every image has been carefully staged with hundreds of balloons and miles of string. Meant to take on a new meaning in different locations, the orb structures that spring from an abandoned house home symbolize familial memories and childhood naiveté, the ones that pour out of a basketball hoop are meant to provoke in the viewer the meaning of games, and the sculpture in the forest represents DNA molecular structure, amplified.

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The Maison de la Photographie, where his photo series will be exhibited from February 20 to March 22, describes Pétillon’s work as a “dialogue between the photographer and space” and "fragments of a reality without limits." In the video, below, see how he constructs and photographs these monumental, surreal moments.

INVASIONS DE BALLONS from Charles Pétillon on Vimeo.

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