This document describes the "heure bleue," the short period of time between night and day when nature seems suspended. During this blue hour, strange fairy tale creatures come to life but their nobility fades as the sun rises. Photographs capture the magic of this time and place, when perception is twisted and one can experience emotions unseen by others. The blue hour is a dimension suspended between night and day.

1. Bestiary of the blue hour
Heure bleue... the short moment when the sun has not yet risen: it is no longer night and not yet day...
In this particular moment nature seems motionless, as if it was not ready to weak up but undecided if contin-
uing the night sleep.
Animals, the habitants of the night, stop making their noises, and the daily ones have not yet started singing:
all is silent all is calm, apparently, as holding up their breath...
But inside this blue, another kind of animals come to life.... strange and funny creatures, borne in fairytales
for children. Stories that become alive both in reality and fantasy. During the Heure Bleue, these creatures joy-
fully show up, assuming their dignity, unsuspected faces and philosophies. The end of the night make these
aspects more noble, while the rising sun incredibly standardize and fade them.
Through the camera fantasy becomes reality, photography shows the awesomeness of the place and save
part of these fairytales.
The Heure Bleue... the place where perception twists and you can enter a suspended dimension in which you
can see, listen and experience emotions that others cannot.
The Heure Bleue... pleas, insert the coin...
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