TRAP of LIGHT - Urban Natures

This man sets traps. Traps of light, instincts, areas where a personality may appear, an animal may quiver. Capturing this furtive instinct. “I look for that rare moment when the person is themselves, and not what they are looking to project…” says Frank. But Frank Kappa does not give in to the temptation of gonzo photography, which forces nature rather than captures it. To capture the unveiling, he has a rigorous strategy. He sets up his frames very precisely, chisels the light, brings down the giant and sublimates the microscopic. And he then waits to capture the image. For magazines, advertisers or personal projects, from tribes in New Caledonia to Parisian high society, he hunts down that fragile moment of truth, a vibrant second in the perfect frame. Leaving the poetry, the emotion, the unrest to the subject, he is in control of the rest.