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A film photograph of two people in close contact, one holding a translucent cellophane-wrapped bouquet with red roses and green stems against a dark background.

Arthur Samier, Choose Love

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Credit

Creator
Photography Arthur Samier and Patrick Rémy Studio
Year
2026
Found via
Dazed

Clipped

danysegv

September 22, 2026

On plates

Traits

Movement

DocumentaryObservational Photography

Unstaged observational photography in the reportage lineage — real people, places, and events recorded as found, in available light, with no constructed set.

Layout

HardCropAggressive Crop

Subjects severed at the frame edge — faces, objects, and letterforms cut hard rather than contained, using the crop itself as a compositional act.

Treatment

AnalogNoiseGrain / Texture Check

Heavy analog noise, rough scans, and tactile textures serving as an authentic defense against smooth AI perfection.

Medium

PhotoWorkPhotograph

A photograph presented as an image in its own right — camera-made and shown for itself, rather than as the raw material of a poster, spread, or cover.

Subject

FigureWorkHuman Figure

The body as primary subject — portraiture, fashion figure, and the crowd.

Shares traits with

Ranked by how many traits each reference has in common with this one — computed from the image, never from who is looking at it.

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