Sophie-Anne Herin's 'Entre chien et loup' at Castello Gamba

Photographer Sophie-Anne Herin presents 'Entre chien et loup,' a solo exhibition at Castello Gamba – Museo d'Arte moderna e contemporanea della Valle d'Aosta in Châtillon, curated by Olga Gambari. The title references the French expression for twilight, when one cannot distinguish a dog from a wolf, as poet Jean Antoine Baïf wrote in the 16th century. Herin's work captures the transition from light to dark, both temporally and emotionally, focusing on the Aosta Valley landscape with its forests and winter scarcity of light. The exhibition occupies three floors of temporary exhibition space, arranged as an initiatory journey from earth to sky to dream. Images of landscapes, animals, and humans emerge from the penumbra, confronting fears and opening to another world. The show concludes with a video of thistle seed fluff floating in the wind, symbolizing human existential condition. Herin describes the penumbra as familiar, having grown up in a place with few winter daylight hours. Gambari notes Herin's work creates a free portrait free from traditional landscape and mountain photography stereotypes.