Armand Quetsch

Armand Quetsch (born in 1980 in Luxembourg) lives and works in Luxembourg. Trained at the École supérieure de l’image Le 75 in Brussels and having graduated with honours from the École nationale supérieure de la photographie in Arles, he has developed a practice that explores the fragility of the visible, the relationship between image and reality, and the way in which the gaze contributes to the construction of meaning.

Initially rooted in a documentary approach to territory and memory, his work has evolved towards a fragmentary and associative photographic style, questioning the supposed objectivity of the image and the conventions of visual narrative. Through *Nickla*, *ephemera* and *dystopian circles / fragments… all along*, he explores the relationships between context, perception and interpretation, transforming photography into a space of resonances rather than an instrument for reproducing reality.

This exploration is further developed in 7YTHTS, where the focus on light, chromatic variations and the materiality of the landscape affirms a more sensitive and pictorial dimension to his work. In a deliberately slow temporal rhythm, the images oscillate between figuration and abstraction, between recognition and uncertainty, allowing visual correspondences to emerge that elude any pre-established narrative.

In the post-photographic era, characterised by the proliferation and accelerated circulation of images, his approach thus reaffirms photography as an experience of the gaze: a space where the visible is never fully revealed, but is constructed through the encounter between the image, its memory and the viewer.

His work has been exhibited at the Rencontres d’Arles, the Centre national de l’audiovisuel (CNA), the Casino Luxembourg and Les Brasseurs in Liège, amongst other venues. His publications include *Nickla* (CNA), *ephemera* and *dystopian circles / fragments… all along* (Peperoni Books).