A Collaborative Ode To Summer’s End

Graphic designer and art director Laura Knoops joined forces with photographer and filmmaker Arnaud Ele, to work on a collaborative visual ode to summer’s end.

In ‘An Ode to Summer’s End’, Knoops and Ele guide a viewer through their summer journeys, reminiscing the holiday season solstice as a time for exploration and discovery. The experimental series captures figures and natural landscapes in scenic “Every summer has a story to print.”locations between France and Switzerland, and is comprised of simple photographic compositions and digital photomontages, created through layering shots post-production. The collaborators juxtapose images of the environment and with figures exploring water and rock faces, forming a dual narrative dialogue of time spent out in the open, and the quieter moments in between. Reflecting on the series, Knoops and Ele comment, “Every summer has a story to print. A constant warmth, riding through magical landscapes made of nature and bare skin.”