Exhibited at the Galerie Madé during Fotofever, Apparence is a personal work by Christian Kettiger, a commercial photographer who specializes in beauty products and lingerie (Marie Claire, Vogue, ELLE, La Roche-Posay, Ligne Roset, Lierac).

Kettiger started taking pictures as a teen-ager after seeing Guy Bourdin’s work in a magazine. Having served as an assistant to Steve Hiett, Kettiger also cites Helmut Newton as a source of inspiration.

Both formal and cosmetic, Kettiger’s photographs are never limited by their genre. The advertised product is only an element in the emotional, dreamlike world of bodies, skin, and sensation that the photographer invites the viewer to experience, with gentleness, elegance and poetry.

Séverine Morel
severine.morel@lalettredelaphotographie.com