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To live with the world is to live with the image we have of it.

The vision of the world is sometimes the one that calls to us, gently, patiently, until we are ready to hear it.

Life is a wonderful adventure, woven with unexpected events and transformations. Every detour, every trial carries with it an invitation: to grow, to understand, to awaken.
It was during one of these moments of intense questioning, during my youth, that a new light dawned on me. I felt a deep impulse: to seek meaning, to discover the beauty hidden behind the mystery.

"It is by seeking clarity in the unknown that the most beautiful revelations arise."

This thirst for meaning led me down an exciting path. I found enlighteningmindswho taught me to think with rigor and wonder. Science opened its doors to me, revealing the splendor of the order hidden in chaos, the secret harmony of nature.
Then psychology offered me a new key: that of understanding the infinite richness of human experience. I discovered that the world does not hide its truths—it simply invites us to open our eyes and our hearts. Through reflection, contemplation, presence.

And one day, without expectation or premeditation, everything lit up.
I was walking in a garden when nature revealed itself in all its splendor. The light seemed to dance on every leaf, every breath of air vibrated with an indescribable softness. Everything seemed connected, alive, loving.

At that moment, I felt deeply that reality carries within it a sacred dimension, a benevolent intelligence that envelops and guides us.

This revelation marked a turning point: it became the foundation of a body of work and a message.

Since then, through the art that emanates from all this, there has been a quest to share this invisible beauty, this discreet magic that connects all things.
It is a simple wish to remind us that the world is not only matter and reason, but also light, breath, and harmony.

It is our responsibility to celebrate it. To protect it. And to pass it on, with joy and

gratitude.

Why? How?

Visual Compression Manifesto

I interpret, explore, discover, and contemplate the world through the prism of my gaze. Each image is a territory to be explored, a fragment of reality to be questioned, a surface onto which my intuitions are projected.

Observing becomes an act. Creating becomes an extension of thought. I traverse semi-imaginary universes, zones where reality is distorted, condensed, multiplied. It is no longer the world I am looking at, but the worlds it contains.

Photography is about capturing the vibration of the visible, experiencing its density. This mundane gesture—framing, shooting, repeating—becomes ritual, discipline, meditation. Each image bears the trace of a double movement: that of the world toward me, and that of my gaze toward it.

There are images within images. Worlds within worlds. Overlapping, compressed, intersecting realities. An infinite reservoir of apparitions.

I have named this process of transforming perception into matter "Visual Compression." Through the act of photography, I rewrite the visible. I create my own interpretation of the saturated world that surrounds us.

Visual Compression is a modest but essential power: that of becoming an actor in contemplation.

Who am I?

Free to travel to fantastic worlds.

  • Born on May 21, 1985, in Paris into a family of artisans, Charles Hamonnais grew up in a world where craftsmanship, materials, and creativity interacted naturally. He understood early on that art and craftsmanship share the same language: that of sensitivity.
Initially drawn to science, he sought to unravel the mysteries of the world. At eighteen, he realized that his true calling lay not in the exact sciences, but in those of perception—where the eye, the mind, and the emotions come together to reveal other truths.

It was at this age that he began photographing the strange phenomena that presented themselves to him, those suspended moments when reality seems to waver. His gaze then turned to a quest: to discover a new visual dimension capable of revealing a world where Reality, Harmony, and Fiction meet.

  • Reality, to embrace the present.
  • Harmony, to connect, balance, and create.
  • Fiction, as a promise of a future yet to be invented, nourished by our brightest dreams.

"Because, ultimately, if you can photograph a dream, is it still a dream?"

Each theme explored by Charles Hamonnais invites viewers to question their own perception of the world.

"Living with the world means living with the image we have of it."

His photographic series oscillate between wakefulness and reverie, between the material world and its poetic transfiguration. They open a door to a new dimension of perception—a space where we can finally travel freely, where reality is transformed into sensory experience.

Come, enter these fantastic worlds.
Come and discover what it means to be free to see differently.