The Eye of Love

René Groebli's photographs kindle emotions. The sensitive choice of images and their sequence generate the impression of tracing the events of a single day. We find ourselves enveloped in a love poem without words, in a dance of light and shadow, in tender, sensitive being. We are immersed in a world of mystery that unveils glimpses of ineffably precious moments, moments so close they seem almost tangible.

Only the gaze is focused; it barely touches the female nude. The camera circles around her, captures her in a gentle caress, reveals demure grace and sensuous shadows in a mantle of blurred movement.

René Groebli is a poet beyond words, a master of creating the unprecedented, of communicating feelings and sensuality, of embracing erotic nuance. Near and far, shadow and light, day and night, everywhere and nowhere: the artist delves into the essence of being, the magic of "only one night". The modest Parisian hotel room has become a sheltering, loving space. Traces fade into the darkness, the photographer recedes into near invisibility. Object and room blend naturally and mindfully with subjectivity and intuition. Everything is one, buoyed only by the vibrancy of black and white. Never before and never since has anything comparable been created. A poetic ode without words. A declaration of love for Rita that could hardly be more timeless.

 Katrin Matschenz, published in: The Eye of Love, Extended Edition 2024