Marie Bovo's nocturnal forest photography expands to Algerian and French island sites

Marie Bovo's photographic series Les Forêts d’Hypnos presents moonlit forest scenes captured through night-long exposures. The artist personally monitored her camera during these nocturnal sessions in wooded locations. Following initial work in mainland France's coastal woodlands, Bovo selected two additional sites for the project's continuation. These include Île Sainte-Marguerite, a former prison island off France now dominated by eucalyptus and pine trees. The second location is the ancient Roman city of Tipasa in present-day Algeria, where she photographed a necropolis. Bovo's large-format images feature remarkable color palettes including sapphire, cobalt, midnight blue, burnished gold, periwinkle, and pale pink. The series transforms arboreal forms through the exclusive illumination of full moonlight. Her work is currently featured at OSL Contemporary.