EXHIBITION SPEED FLYERS

Insects flight revealed

The "speed flyers" exhibition takes visitors on a strange planet . In this world, gravity has less effect on living beings. Physics laws are different since it becomes easier to rely on the air to follow impossible path. Time is slower and second turns into eternity. The evolution of species found there more opportunities to create a fantastic diversity.

Three hundred million years of evolution have allowed the insects to develop incredible flying techniques. Beetles hide large wings neatly folded under their wing covers . Bedbugs' takeoff is noisy as if they would turn on a small motor. Bees and flies have developed a morphology that allows them to perform hundreds of wing beats per second. Locusts and grasshoppers jump in a millisecond before deploying their translucent wings . The butterflies that look like flying flowers have a perfect mastery of the aerodynamic rules. Finally, dragonflies behave like real fighter pilots with their highly sophisticated wings.

To enter in this world, Ghislain Simard has developed special photographic techniques designed to freeze the fastest action of the insect world . He worked with the Hasselblad design department in Sweden to develop a hyper reactive camera and is equipped with special high-voltage flash units that allow a exposure time of only 1/111,000s !

Guy-Michel Cogné comments on the exhibition

We no longer present Ghislain Simard: you appreciate his articles in Chasseur d'Images and Nat'Images magazines, you could discover his photos alongside those of Stephen Dalton at the Festival of Montier-en-Der and you know that butterflies and high-speed photography are his two passions.

We are proud to learn that Ghislain made his entry in Arles and that his insects in flight are exposed during the famous Festival. A nice realization for his Speed ​​flyers who leave the glossy paper of magazines to be displayed on the walls of the "Atelier de la Photographie", close to the Place du Forum. Ghislain Simard is very happy to have the opportunity to show his images outside of the small world of Nature photo and to reach a wider audience.

To enter this universe, Ghislain Simard has developed specific techniques to freeze the fastest actions of the world of insects. He collaborated with the Hasselblad design department to develop a highly responsive camera and is equipped with special high-voltage flash units which allow an exposure time of only 1 / 111.000s!