There is a rich history of artists constructing environments simply to be photographed and then disassembled. These created realities were prevalent in the 1980s, as works by Sandy Skoglund, Bernard Faucon, Bruce Charlesworth, James Welling and other artists burst onto the scene. All of these artists worked with objects to create a narrative, captured by the camera. Laurent Millet (b. 1968 France) continues to work in this tradition, using various 19th c. printing techniques to magnify his vision.
As he stated in a 2014 interview in L'Oeil de la Photographie: “I felt like I had to take refuge in something that was comforting and reassuring… This idea brought me back to what I did as a child in the countryside when I would play with wood and stones. I rediscovered that pleasure as an adult... Starting with the first things I built, fishing machines, I felt like a world was opening up in which I could really exist. These objects are powered by my personal fictions, my dream of another life. The photograph is proof of that, a record of the moment, a reward.”
For more than twenty years, Laurent Millet has channeled his innate curiosity to create photographs that question the way objects appear within space and time. Citing R. Buckminster Fuller and Denis Diderot among his influences, Millet creates an artistic vocabulary through metal wire, vineyard posts and barrel hoops – objects prevalent in the coastal town of France in which he resides. His 1997 series, Petites Machines Littorales, addressed his surroundings, as he transformed the sea into a place for scientific experimentation, creating contraptions that suggest a way to measure water or listen to fish. These “machines” invite curiosity and questions, much like a child experimenting in a science lab. In his 2000 series Les Cabanes, Millet continues to build structures in the water, yet this time they appear to be bridges, ladders, architectural pieces and fences, suggesting a relationship between water and sky. The 2002 series, La Chasse, features objects that could be used to trap, to capture that which is hard to contain.And finally, in the 2014/15 series, Somnium, the artist photographed himself with geometric objects, polyhedra, that he fabricated. These images seem paranormal yet familiar, as the artist engages with objects hovering in the air, recording his encounter.
Laurent Millet's work can be seen in numerous publications including his 2014 book, Les Enfantillages Pittoresques (Filigranes Editions) and in major museum collections, including The Art Institute of Chicago, Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Fonds National d'art Contemporain (Paris), among others.
Sizes and prices vary depending on the series and medium. The photographs range in price from $2000 to $7300.
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Laurent Millet, Cabane 1, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
11¾ x 15" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 5, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
11¾ x 15" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 7, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
10 x 23½" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 8, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
9¼ x 22" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 9, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
9¼ x 15" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 13, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
10 x 23½" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 16, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
10 x 23½" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 17, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
9½ x 14½" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 19, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
11¾ x 15" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 21, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
10 x 23½" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 22, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
9½ x 14¼" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 25, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
11¾ x 15" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 26, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
9½ x 14¼" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 28, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
11¾ x 15" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 29, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
11¾ x 15" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 31, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
11¾ x 15" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 32, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
11¾ x 15" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cabane 35, 2000
From the Les Cabanes series
9 x 22¼" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 1, 2002
From the La Chasse series
11¾ x 15¾" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 3, 2002
From the La Chasse series
11¾ x 15¾" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 4, 2002
From the La Chasse series
9½ x 14¼" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 5, 2002
From the La Chasse series
11¾ x 15¾" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 6, 2002
From the La Chasse series
11¾ x 15¾" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 8, 2002
From the La Chasse series
11¾ x 15¾" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 10, 2002
From the La Chasse series
11¾ x 15¾" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 11, 2002
From the La Chasse series
11¾ x 15¾" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 12, 2003
From the La Chasse series
10 x 15" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 13, 2002
From the La Chasse series
9½ x 13¾" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 14, 2002
From the La Chasse series
9½ x 14¾" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 15, 2002
From the La Chasse series
11¾ x 15¾" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 16, 2002
From the La Chasse series
9¾ x 14" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 17, 2002
From the La Chasse series
9¾ x 13" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 19, 2002
From the La Chasse series
11¾ x 15¾" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 20, 2002
From the La Chasse series
11¾ x 15¾" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Chasse 21, 2002
From the La Chasse series
11¾ x 15¾" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Petite Machine Littorale du 13 mai II, 1997
From the Petites Machines Littorales series
9 x 12" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Petite Machine Littorale du 13 octobre, 1997
From the Petites Machines Littorales series
13¼ x 23¾" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Petite Machine Littorale du 16 mai, 1997
From the Petites Machines Littorales series
9¼ x 12½" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Petite Machine Littorale du 20 octobre, 1997
From the Petites Machines Littorales series
8½ x 12¼" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Petite Machine Littorale du 8 mai II, 1997
From the Petites Machines Littorales series
9 x 12¼" gelatin silver print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, Cyanomètres 1, 2017
From the Cyanomètres series
27½ x 16¼" pigment print with cyanotype
Edition of 7Laurent Millet, Cyanomètres 3, 2017
From the Cyanomètres series
27½ x 16¼" pigment print with cyanotype
Edition of 7Laurent Millet, Cyanomètres 4, 2017
From the Cyanomètres series
27½ x 16¼" pigment print with cyanotype
Edition of 7Laurent Millet, Cyanomètres 6, 2017
From the Cyanomètres series
27½ x 16¼" pigment print with cyanotype
Edition of 7Laurent Millet, Cyanomètres 7, 2017
From the Cyanomètres series
27½ x 16¼" pigment print with cyanotype
Edition of 7Laurent Millet, Cyanomètres 8, 2017
From the Cyanomètres series
27½ x 16¼" pigment print with cyanotype
Edition of 7Laurent Millet, Cyanomètres 9, 2017
From the Cyanomètres series
27½ x 16¼" pigment print with cyanotype
Edition of 7Laurent Millet, L’Astrophile 1, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
10 x 8", 20 x 16", 40 x 32" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 2, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
8 x 10", 16 x 20", 32 x 40" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 3, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
10 x 8", 20 x 16", 40 x 32" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 4, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
10 x 8", 20 x 16", 40 x 32" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 5, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
10 x 8", 20 x 16", 40 x 32" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 6, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
10 x 8", 20 x 16", 40 x 32" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 7, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
10 x 8", 20 x 16", 40 x 32" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 8, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
10 x 8", 20 x 16", 40 x 32" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 9, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
10 x 8", 20 x 16", 40 x 32" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, Somnium, 2014 [Ref. 6]
From the Somnium series
11½ x 15¼" Ambrotype
uniqueLaurent Millet, Somnium, 2015 [Ref. 7]
From the Somnium series
15½ x 22” Ambrotype
UniqueLaurent Millet, Cyanomètres 10, 2017
From the Cyanomètres series
27½ x 16¼" pigment print with cyanotype
Edition of 7Laurent Millet, Cyanomètres 11, 2017
From the Cyanomètres series
27½ x 16¼" pigment print with cyanotype
Edition of 7Laurent Millet, Cyanomètres 12, 2017
From the Cyanomètres series
27½ x 16¼" pigment print with cyanotype
Edition of 7Laurent Millet, Cyanomètres 2, 2017
From the Cyanomètres series
27½ x 16¼" pigment print with cyanotype
Edition of 7Laurent Millet, Cyanomètres 5, 2017
From the Cyanomètres series
27½ x 16¼" pigment print with cyanotype
Edition of 7Laurent Millet, La Methode 21, 2001
From the La Methode series
15½ x 11¼" pigment print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Methode 27, 2001
From the La Methode series
15½ x 11¼" pigment print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Methode 29, 2001
From the La Methode series
15½ x 11¼" pigment print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Methode 30, 2001
From the La Methode series
15½ x 11¼" pigment print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Methode 31, 2001
From the La Methode series
15½ x 11¼" pigment print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Methode 40, 2001
From the La Methode series
15½ x 11¼" pigment print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Methode 43, 2001
From the La Methode series
15½ x 11¼" pigment print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Methode 49, 2001
From the La Methode series
15½ x 11¼" pigment print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Methode 51, 2001
From the La Methode series
15½ x 11¼" pigment print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Methode 52, 2001
From the La Methode series
15½ x 11¼" pigment print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, La Methode 53, 2001
From the La Methode series
15½ x 11¼" pigment print
Edition of 20Laurent Millet, L’Astrophile 10, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
10 x 8", 20 x 16", 40 x 32" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 11, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
8 x 10", 16 x 20", 32 x 40" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 12, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
8 x 10", 16 x 20", 32 x 40" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 13, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
10 x 23", 20 x 43", 40 x 93" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 14, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
10 x 8", 20 x 16", 40 x 32" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 15, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
10 x 8", 20 x 16", 40 x 32" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 16, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
8 x 10", 16 x 20", 32 x 40" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, L’Astrophile 17, 2017
From the L’Astrophile series
8 x 10", 16 x 20", 32 x 40" toned salt prints, pigment prints
Total edition of 6 + 3 APsLaurent Millet, Somnium, 2015 [Ref. 10]
From the Somnium series
14¼ x 10¾" platinum palladium print
Edition of 3Laurent Millet, Somnium, 2015 [Ref. 13]
From the Somnium series
15¼ x 11½" Ambrotype
UniqueLaurent Millet, Somnium, 2015 [Ref. 14]
From the Somnium series
15¼ x 23¼" Ambrotype
UniqueLaurent Millet, Somnium, 2015 [Ref. 11]
From the Somnium series
10¾ x 14¼" platinum palladium print
Edition of 3Laurent Millet, Somnium, 2015 [Ref. 19]
From the Somnium series
10 x 7½" platinum palladium print
Edition of 3Laurent Millet, Somnium, 2015 [Ref. 25]
From the Somnium series
8½ x 6½" platinum palladium print
Edition of 3Laurent Millet, Somnium, 2015 [Ref. 5]
From the Somnium series
15¼ x 11½" Ambrotype
UniqueLaurent Millet, Somnium, 2014 [Ref. 15]
From the Somnium series
13¾ x 11½" platinum palladium print
Edition of 3Laurent Millet, Somnium, 2014 [Ref. 31]
From the Somnium series
12¼ x 15½" platinum palladium print
Edition of 3