Nicolas FLOC’H develops long-term projects centered on underwater landscapes and the ever-changing dynamics of water. Combining dive-based fieldwork with scientific collaboration, he creates both monochrome seascapes and vibrant “water-color” grids that investigate the color, movement, and ecology of oceans, rivers, and coastlines. His work invites viewers to consider water not merely as a backdrop, but as a living system — one that weaves together environment, culture, and memory.
In La Couleur de l’Eau, Les Calanques (2019), Nicolas FLOC’H follows color into the depths, tracing the slow gradients that shape the life of the sea. His images gather light as it disperses underwater — soft blues, dense greens, veils of gold and shadow. These tonal fields are born from plankton, sediments, dissolved matter; they record invisible bloomings, quiet drifts, cycles of oxygen and decay. Each photograph is a fragment of the ocean’s inner life — a suspended breath, a movement stilled. In these shifting transparencies, color becomes a way of knowing, of sensing the living patterns that pulse beneath the surface.
