INNOCENCE 2

INNOCENCE 2 Laurent Elie Badessi  Lenticular print (edition of 5 – signed and numbered) 40 x 50 inches 2021 Concept:  This series, INNOCENCE, explores that truth through an experiment with light and reflection, inspired by a specific law of physics I accidentally came across years ago. My goal was to illustrate how fragility is often linked to temporality, while strength is associated with eternity. Yet, whether fragile or strong, everything eventually comes to an end. About Laurent Elie Badessi:  Laurent Elie Badessi is a Franco-American fine art photographer with three generations of lens work in his blood. Born in France and trained at Université Paris VIII, he built his early reputation documenting isolated tribes in Niger—a project exploring the psychological dynamics between photographer and subject that earned him UNESCO's Humanity Photo Award and La Bourse de l'aventure with Fujicolor. After launching his career in Paris and working internationally, Badessi moved to the U.S. in the early '90s, where his decade-long focus on the human figure culminated in SKIN (Edition Stemmle, 2000), with a foreword by Whitney Museum photography committee founder Sondra Gilman. His work weaves symbolism, mythology, and cultural references to examine religion, war, environment, and power—always asking the questions that linger just beneath the surface. Badessi's photographs live in major private and public collections worldwide. His recent series Age of Innocence was exhibited at London's National Portrait Gallery for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize and New York's National Arts Club, with a book released internationally in 2020 by Editions Images Plurielles. His work has been shown in New York, Los Angeles, London, Miami, and beyond.