Every frame is stripped to black and white, then allowed exactly one color back in.
The discipline of the desaturation and the single exception granted, image after image, become Philippe Savary's way of holding restraint and openness in the same shot.
Across the collection's 42 photographs, that single color shifts from a shuttered door to a fishing boat to a stranger's gesture — never repeating, always the one thing the frame decided was worth letting through.
Philippe Savary used to live in La Rochelle (South of France) and was working in the field of marketing and advertising. When he arrived in Saint-Barth in 1997, he discovered a completely different profession and began a new career as a roofer. His passion for photography was born from this time. He released several series and participated in many exhibitions on the island
4 framed prints in a villa in Saint Jean