The last thing I expected to see in a castle was a photography exhibition. But if you do visit an exhibition in a castle, you better know that the exhibition will be just as majestic!
"Nature's Luxembourg" is an amazing collection of Clement's work. It is a massive exhibition of his most beloved thing to photograph - nature. It is a splendid addition to the castle itself, as through the photographs you can look and learn more about Luxembourg.
This photograph should be a good prelude to his work. Clement has a unique style of capturing landscape, nature, and climate, and uses but doesn't limit himself to a very peculiar panoramic style.
The exhibition is in the Jemmy Koltz hall. The hall comes roundabout in the middle of the castle's tour. The hall used to be a granary that was originally built to make this part of the castle higher and more aesthetically pleasing.
Now, apart from being just empty, since there isn't anything notable in this part of the castle to show, it is used for other activities like this photo exhibition named "Nature's Luxembourg".
This exhibition is in the castle for a limited time. The photographs can also be bought online. In this exhibition, photographs from many parts of various regions of Luxembourg are shown. They follow the same theme, and as you go through the gallery, you start to get assimilated into Clement's style but are not bored of it. I thought the exhibition was just a tad bit small compared to the grandiosity of the work.
Although most of the exhibition is composed of his panoramic style, there are standalone photographs that speak loudly of Clement's diversity and talent. The picture of the bat can come down to both macro and animal photography, no? Both of which require so much hard work and resilience. Right below, is a picture of a shepherd leading his herd in an unnamed village of Luxembourg. Both photos are of totally contrasting subsections yet so gracefully captured.
His panoramic pictures are simply incredible.
There is no other way to put it.
This luscious, green forestry, converges onto a somber track that runs away into the tunnel. It is a beautiful capture. The totality of the picture is completely asymmetric, but Clement doesn't show us the beauty of symmetry here but rather the beauty of nature, itself.
The panoramic style is certainly not unique to Clement, nor is the challenge of capturing nature and immortalizing it in pictures. What I did love about his work is that the photographs are a portal into the place he captures. Standing and looking at his work, as they hijack my peripheral vision, I start envisioning myself at the location.
I can smell the fresh air, feel the dampness of the forest, become one with the mist, and hear the clicking on insects.
From high plateaus, frozen rivers, deep caves, and challenging hikes, Clement has captured almost every angle, and in every weather. It is true that some places are just too majestic to capture separately, but with his panoramic style, it becomes just so convenient to show these magical places scattered around Luxembourg.
The exhibition proudly shows all the different weathers Luxembourg goes through, in the work of Clement. There are photographs of forests during the winter, valleys during the spring, rivers in the summer, and flowers in the fall.
I believe this panorama of 5 framed pictures was the largest in this exhibition. It took up a whole wall.
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In the inner section of this granary, there is another hall that is connected to the Jemmy Koltz hall. Here, there are more single photographs from the same collection. Most of the work shown in this hall is macro style, focusing on flowers and insects.
It is incredibly beautiful, especially when put together side to side like the panoramic photographs. The colors are incredible, and the photographs being of extremely high quality makes the experience very pleasant.
Nature's Luxembourg took me through a thrilling summary of the baroque seasons of the region and the different faces of nature in Raymond Clement's style of expression. Even if large, grandiose, and panoramic, all the photographs are intimate and detailed.
The only black and white photograph in the entire exhibition is at the end of the hall, right before the exit. It is of Raymon Clement himself. He used to be known for his black and white work, and his work with music and musicians. I wonder if he will be more well-known for his work with unpredictable nature and his panoramic style in the future.
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