Le Petit Journal

He set himself up discreetly as if from nowhere. Yet Damien Dufresne is an artist who has already lived and furrows on the planet.

For months he had sought a haven of peace in Asia to land, him and his magical camera which we do not know if he extends his hand or his gaze. Disappointed by the noise and ugliness of the places crossed, on the advice of a few friends, he had come to see this small city of temples where nothing else is more serene than the serenity of quiet nature. A thousand-year-old river and children’s smiles. Deep Cambodia captured at the photographer’s first glance. It was immediately obvious," he says, as much as words have meaning and the senses seek words...!

Siem Reap, which already hosted all the visual arts, including those of the night, discovered on November 3, 2023 that it could enrich itself with an unknown phenomenon, a Live backstage shooting. In front of the French-speaking community gathered and admiring, the master convinced of his style after having made up some pretty apparently seasoned. From a face, he brings out emotion, as if photographing the interior. He captures intimacy.
For him the camera serves only to immortalize the moment.

He paints the faces and bodies of his models and asks them to remain themselves while forgetting the gaze of others. It surprises, it seduces, it creates a language. That of its sensitivity.
Decidedly Siem Reap receives the high priest of the new fashion that undoubtedly missed him. A special being in a sparkling Studio of lines and purity. A new temple!