Patrick TOSANI is known for his conceptual approach to the photographic medium. Originally trained in architecture, he turned to photography in the late 1970s, developing a practice centered on scale, perception, and the transformation of everyday objects. His work often isolates fragments—of the body, clothing, or tools—enlarged to disorient the viewer and question photographic realism. Tosani played a key role in the development of "plastic photography" in France, contributing to its recognition as a contemporary art form.
At first glance, Planètes (2022) seem like celestial bodies — moons, eclipses, distant planets. But step closer, and illusion gives way to matter: plaster, pigment, powder, light. With Planètees, Patrick TOSANI stages a theatre of appearances. His planets are fictions, yet they awaken real sensations — as if we were gazing at the cosmos itself. Between surface and shadow, volume and void, these images reveal less what we see than how we see. They remind us that every world is, first, an image — and that even the imaginary can feel true.
