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“In contrast to Europe, Paolini's ‘Vegas’ is the first
perpetually modern place, shape-shifting to become whatever it needs to be
next, remade constantly in our minds as well as by rapid generations of
bricks and mortar and neon.”
— Kris Darnall
Nevada Humanities |
As the most famous of choreographers, Maurice Bejart, says, “With François Paolini,
photography is flying and becoming more than simple photo-reportage: it is a code, a magical
formula.”
If François Paolini feels “at home” in Las Vegas, it's because he has found here the
possibility to create a world where man raises his eyes to the gods instead of keeping them
fixed on the asphalt. Whether they depict a gold ingot, a dark pyramid that has dropped down
from a science-fiction sky, Legos for big kids or a concourse of giants, Paolini's photos
are paintings of atmosphere that bring together in one image what the visitor has perceived
without always analyzing, as well as a concentration of astonishing dreams for
those who were not there.
Las Vegas as shown off by Paolini is the last sacred ode to
the outrageness that this modern, materialistic, down-toearth world has forgotten. What a
wonderful tribute paid to Las Vegas for its Centennial Celebration!
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