Giuliano Brandalise

Xavier Barnet, born in Agen in 1995, possesses a unique perspective of the world around him, much like his self-portrait. Indeed, due to an accident that damaged his left optic nerve, he now experiences double vision.
Passionate about photography from a young age, he decided to self-teach and train himself in this discipline. His early photographs capture wild landscapes, as at the age of 12, he moved to a small island in Brittany before eventually reaching Lima, Peru, upon reaching adulthood. The stark contrast between his island home with a population of 300 and the sprawling desert metropolis of Lima, inhabited by 15 million people, left a profound impact on him.
Xavier Barnet draws inspiration from the works of Steve McCurry, Todd Hido, and Alexey Titarenko.