Photo shoot
La Barre
Photography
La Barre. Clarance, Lille.
The bar of this 18th-century private mansion, where people meet for a drink in a hushed atmosphere, between period wood panelling and a contemporary spirit. I shot a new photo series there: capturing the play of light, the textures and the intimate mood that give this unique place its charm.
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Hotel bar photographer in Lille: La Barre at the Clarance
La Barre is the Clarance’s bar, an 18th-century private mansion in Old Lille. Period wood panelling, a hushed mood and contemporary touches: a hotel bar that welcomes hotel guests and locals alike.
Photographing a bar mostly means working in low light without losing detail: the play of light, the textures, the cocktails. A hotel bar deserves its own communication, separate from the hotel’s, to attract a local clientele too.
What the series shows
The series stages the bartender’s work: the shaker, the zest, a cocktail poured through a strainer, a spherical ice cube dropped into the glass. It also shows what comes with the drink: the cocktail menu, sharing boards and smoked salmon, champagne poured into two flutes, service on a silver tray. And finally the lounge itself: velvet armchairs, a coffee table by the window and wood panelling. Enough to feed the bar’s social media with images distinct from the hotel’s.
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Other shoots: Clarance Hôtel, Lille · La Table du Clarance · Hôtel Monte Cristo · Hôtel de Berri, Paris