#903 - Edouard Boubat

Les Tournesols, Ile de France, 1988
#903 - Edouard Boubat

“There is something instinctive about the moment you choose to “take” a photograph. It’s not the result of thought or reflection.The strength of the composition is always born of the instinct of the decision. It reminds me of archery. There is the tension of the bow and the free flight of the arrow”

~ Edouard Boubat
(1923 - 1999)

What attracted Edouard was the beauty of life wherever he found it. He had a great respect for nature and I had never seen a composition of a field of sunflowers quite like this. It was one of his greatest artistic achievements, almost as if he was channeling the spirit of Van Gogh another master.