Expanding worlds

The "Expanding worlds" series documents the new primary forests in mainland France and the weight of people presence in these territories. Léa Habourdin uses the plants to print her photographies, she manufactures pigments in pastel shades, insolates ephemeral anthotypes and dyes fabrics for tailor-made installations. From the bright yellow of the birch leaves to the pale pink of the poppy petals, including gaude, madder or persicaria, the representation of the forests here is perennial but very evanescent. It reveals without giving completely, leaving the possibility of resonating with the personal and comforting image, the fantasy that we all have of a primary forest.