Pierre Cordier

 Pierre Cordier was a Belgian artist born in 1933. He loved Jazz when he was younger, but started his photography endeavors after meeting a friend and photographing him. He then started dabbling in what would later be known as chemigrams. He discovered this after writing on photographic paper with nail polish then later realized that using different “resist materials” created different effects on his papers. He later went on to produce art that was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art. (wikipedia)


The first piece I chose to talk about is this one. One thing I like about this piece is the repetitiveness of the lines in the piece. I also think it's extremely impressive how there are barely any imperfections in this piece, especially since I did chemigrams, and I know how uncertain the process is and how quickly things can change. I imagine this probably took a very long amount of time and attempts to perfect this project.





The second piece I am choosing to talk about is this one. One thing I love about this piece is the contrast from the stark black to the bright whites. I also love how abstract and organic it is and how the drips are formed. I enjoy how this piece looks kind of like flower blooms or some other element of nature. I also enjoy how even though there are high contrast areas, there are also greys that add to the overall composition of the piece.



Overall, I really like Pierre Cordier’s work. I think its extremely impressive that he is able to get such meticulous and perfectly curated images when the chemigram process is so unpredictable and messy.

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