Laurent Chehere, Flying Houses

Laurent Chehere is a French photographer who is best known for his commercial work with Audi and Nike. After leaving advertising Chehere traveled taking photographs along the way. The photographer was drawn to taking pictures of different types of houses. From these photographs came the series Flying Houses.

Each house has a story that the artist tries to tell through his artwork. He treats each house as individuals and tries to draw out the story that each house needs to tell. Even though the houses are photographed they have a very illustrious quality to them. That is because Chehere recreated them in Photoshop using multiple images thus creating a photomontage.The houses fly through the sky, yet some of them are firmly tethered to the ground. It looks like they are trying to escape the world they live in for a better world and life for the inhabitants. Chehere chose houses that were not in the best shape or the best part of town. These houses were the most likely to have inhabitants that needed an escape from the environment that they lived in.