Crumbling: This final photo shows a rural home, with another ghostly figure within staring back at the camera

Mr Mauve, 28, is from Paris, where he works as a digital project manager.

'As long as I can remember I have always had a camera in my hand, but going from Fischer Price to Canon took me quite a few years,' he said.

'I started to consider photography seriously only three years ago, while practicing on friends, landscapes and objects, trying to understand and apprehend natural lights.

'At these times I progressively found myself very interested by scenaristic photographs, being influenced by the work of people such as Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Jeff Wall, Duane Michals, Mac Adams, Gregory Crewdson or Ellen Kooi.

'Later on, in 2011, I began my first photography project with the will to experiment artificial lights.'

More of Mr Mauve's work can be seen on his website julianmauve.com.