My name is Julien Chavaillaz. I am a photographer and director. Constantly looking for new visual grammars, I try to elevate each project to its maximum creativity.
ODA (Operation Department Alpha), is a reflection on the representation of war.
I realized a documentary about american troops based in Afghanistan. Drawing my inspiration from pictures broadcasted by a number of media, I photographed war as I imagined it, and possibly as it unfolds in the collective imaginary. In fact, all was stage setting made in Switzerland and France with ultra realistic airsoft players.
In parallel, I worked on a mode of appropriation of the image of the soldier and of his attributes. My idea was to transpose them into the universe of videogames, in reference to the role-playing game broadcasted by the American Army on the internet.
Finally, I gathered together both approaches with the aim of creating a work, which would sway between reality and fiction. This, in turn, would open threads of reflection on war and its representation, and on the issue of truth and falsity in war reporting.
SACREE
Feature storie realized for the festival of sacred music 2021. "Les yeux vers la lumière".
MEMORIAM
Morat is a special free commisionned work by the organisation "Traditions vivantes en image". It was exposed in Morat's museum during a special event. This project was realised in one day during the comemoration ceremony of Morat's fight. It propose singular point of view on this special day mixing for few hours religion & army.
BACCARAT
Feature story realized at the baccarat factory within the framework of the collaboration between the MAS luxe of the ecal and the french chritsal company.
