Georges Rousse

© Georges Rousse

I was introduced to the work of French artist Georges Rousse (b. 1947) through Charlotte Cotton's book, the photograph as contemporary art.  Rousse photographs abandoned architectural spaces after he has altered them with paint, plaster and sometimes wood, usually creating geometric shapes.  (I was unable to find a title or year for the above photo).

I like his process.  I often photograph the dilapidated parts of my house before I fix them. His work contains, for me, the before and after, the ruined and the possible.