About the Artist: Gene Dominique Photography

Gene is a visual artist based in Atlanta, Georgia and the San Francisco Bay Area who uses photography to create portraits, collages, and alternative process works.

His work resists the idea that photography must remain flat or fixed. By printing on unconventional materials, weaving prints, or framing images in three-dimensional ways, he disrupts the viewer’s expectation of the photograph as merely an image. Instead, the pieces often feel like objects—things to be encountered physically, not just looked at. 

Explore more of Gene's work at www.genedominique.com and follow my ongoing practice on Instagram @genedominiquephotography.

About 59 Rue de Rivoli

The puzzle 59 Rue de Rivoli is a perfect example of how well Gene's travel photography breaks out of the frame into a three-dimensional piece.

Located in the busiest shopping district of Paris, 59 Rue de Rivoli is an address familiar to many, though what’s behind the door is less well known. In 1999, when the building had been vacant for 15 years, a group of artists broke in and created a squat to renew the building's life as a liberated art space. After some legal wrangling, the space was eventually designated a legal art space.