Courtesy of Juliette Agnel and KYOTOGRAPHIE (Kyoto International Photography Festival).
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The Scent of Light
18/04/2026 - 17/05/2026
KYOTOGRAPHIE (Kyoto International Photography Festival)
Yuhisai Koudoukan
Kyoto
https://www.kyotographie.jp/
Juliette Agnel's exhibition evokes the invisible forces of a sacred space, with quiet photographs of minerals and plants that convey the Earth's powerful spirit Juliette Agnel uses her camera to make the invisible visible, capturing what she calls "the vibration of the world". Her interests are deeply shaped by her journey to the Dogon country in Mali when she was in her early 20s. It was a formative experience that reshaped her understanding of humanity's place within the cosmos. Immersing herself in animist philosophies, she encountered a worldview in which nature is alive with forces beyond human sight.
In this exhibition, Agnel presents two colour series created in collaboration with Van Cleef & Arpels: Dahomey Spirit, and Susceptibility of Rocks, alongside a new, previously unseen work Eternity. In the former, she moves through the Essay Garden of the Zinsou Foundation in Benin at night, letting smoke and coloured light conjure the invisible life of ancient plants. In the latter, she turns a scientific vocabulary inward, photographing specimens from the Sorbonne's mineral collection as though they were human portraits. Agnel also presents Eternity, a black-and-white Super 8 film made in the sacred forest of Yakushima, where she surrendered to the silence of moss.
18/04/2026 - 17/05/2026
KYOTOGRAPHIE (Kyoto International Photography Festival)
Yuhisai Koudoukan
Kyoto
https://www.kyotographie.jp/
Juliette Agnel's exhibition evokes the invisible forces of a sacred space, with quiet photographs of minerals and plants that convey the Earth's powerful spirit Juliette Agnel uses her camera to make the invisible visible, capturing what she calls "the vibration of the world". Her interests are deeply shaped by her journey to the Dogon country in Mali when she was in her early 20s. It was a formative experience that reshaped her understanding of humanity's place within the cosmos. Immersing herself in animist philosophies, she encountered a worldview in which nature is alive with forces beyond human sight.
In this exhibition, Agnel presents two colour series created in collaboration with Van Cleef & Arpels: Dahomey Spirit, and Susceptibility of Rocks, alongside a new, previously unseen work Eternity. In the former, she moves through the Essay Garden of the Zinsou Foundation in Benin at night, letting smoke and coloured light conjure the invisible life of ancient plants. In the latter, she turns a scientific vocabulary inward, photographing specimens from the Sorbonne's mineral collection as though they were human portraits. Agnel also presents Eternity, a black-and-white Super 8 film made in the sacred forest of Yakushima, where she surrendered to the silence of moss.