Cédric Raccio: Metanoïa

In the Metanoïa series, Cédric Raccio explores the theme of transformation in its original Greek sense: a shift in thought, an evolution of identity, without morality or final purpose. Through an artisanal photographic process, he questions how we see, feel, and perceive what surrounds us.

His images, based on flowers collected locally and photographed in the studio, capture states of metamorphosis. They blur the lines between reality and illusion, matter and light. Under the lens, a simple flower becomes an uncertain, almost abstract form, evoking underwater worlds, vegetal hallucinations or altered visions. Nature seems to reshape itself, as if struggling to exist in a new dimension.

In an era dominated by artificial intelligence and image overproduction, the artist defends a human, sensitive and slow gesture. A fragile, manual process that takes time to open up space for doubt and contemplation. Metanoïa becomes a visual refuge, a poetic response to the unknowns of transformation.