The Dark Rooms of... Alain Astruc

The Dark Rooms of... is an interview series in which a photographer talks about his or her darkrooms, the digital and the mental, or technical and inspirational. What makes you click?

In this edition of The Dark Rooms of… we focus on French photographer Alain Astruc. Alain is the author of the Substack Seasons, a - as he describes it - photographic diary and written essays from a french artist and film-maker. Worth a visit!

By the way, if you haven’t read the previous four interviews, you can find them here.

Here we go.

Who are you?

My name is Alain Astruc, I am the father of two children and I live in the South-West of France. I am an artist and an educator, using primarily photography and film making, but I always had a strong interest in writing and music as well.  

Technical

Do you think technique is important?

Yes, technique is important in the sense that photography being technological in its essence, it is necessary to master the technical aspects required to achieve what you want to do with it. But as far as I am concerned regarding my photo diary, I have very limited needs, intentionally. I have been doing the same technical things for a long time so that I never…