Absence photography

My third and final post on the photography of French photographer John Batho, these images from the series Présents et absents' 1998, are very different from the previous posts with their exuberant colour. "I am so interested in the loss of identity, fading to oblivion, the disappearance (...). Curiously this work brings back my childhood marked by the absence of my father, a prisoner of war for four years. In front of the photograph of my father, a great framed and mounted on the wall of…

I'm a young Parisian artist Vincent Bourilhon who has been practicing the art of photography since the age of sixteen, before exploring the world of photography from a contemporary perspective.

By Kristin Diversi

For last week’s photography assignment in the Observer New Review we asked you to share your photos on the theme of ‘absence’ via GuardianWitness. Here’s a selection of our favourites

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