drawing on fashion imagery, pop culture, and surrealist staging, the french photographer creates playful scenes that challenge familiar ways of looking at the natural world.

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philippe jarrigeon finds a surreal world in nature

French photographer Philippe Jarrigeon looks to the contorted beech trees of Champagne for Le Vrai du Faux, his series presented at Paris Photo 2026, where he is also the recipient of the eighth Prix Maison Ruinart.

The project follows Rocher Fatal, his second book published by RVB Books, which brings together two years of photographs made in the Forest of Fontainebleau. Moving from the woodland landscapes of Fontainebleau to the Champagne region, Jarrigeon finds inspiration in unusual natural forms, including the contorted beech trees known as the Faux de Verzy.…