Landscapes, especially the sea and port networks, have been the most important part of Alexandre Christiaens’ work from the outset, as he has traveled the coasts of three continents (Europe, Asia and America). The set of images he brings back (industrial or urban sites, more or less wild nature and a few portraits) is the result of an attentive, curious, distant and poetic eye. But it’s above all the way he captures the air and light of each place, each moment of the day or night, that has made him a recognized artist. Describing his approach, he says: “My main thrust is to try and blend my photographic collection, which is sometimes done in a diligent and thoughtful way, sometimes in a rather haphazard fashion. Then it’s a matter of putting them together and writing a story. Not my own, because although I don’t exclude myself from it, my work is not at all autobiographical; rather, it’s stories of the world, stories of what man lives, stories of territories, forms, horizons and the way we look at things that the image tells”. F10pl29n2 is a photo taken in Mandvi, Gujarat, India. It was taken at night in a shipyard. The low light gives the boat under construction a powerful, monumental image, and suggests a world full of stories, a world that emerges from the night and the past, inviting us to dream. (Genaro Marcos)