François Fontaine was born in 1968. He lives and works in Paris. As a history of art student at the Sorbonne, he developed a passion for photography. As the son of a naval officer this practice was closely linked to travel. Thereby he went to South-East Asia, Spain, Brazil, China, Japan and India. Each of these destinations was an opportunity to continue his artistic research from an iconographic point of view as well as stylistic. These series were awarded and François Fontaine was a finalist in the Prix Kodak de la Critique Photographique in 1997, the Prix CCF in 2005 and the Leica Oscar Barnack Prize in 2006.
Works
2006 : Paris -Les statues la nuit (Palace)
2006 : Egypt, Syria, Jordan - Fantômes d’Orient (Le Monde de la Musique)
2005 : China - Lost in China (Le Monde de la Musique, Double, La Maison de la Chine, Weston catalog)
2004 : Brazil - Les christs de Salvador (Palace, Minotaure, Images, Connaissance des Arts SpécialPhoto, Elle, Paris-art). Les Murs de São Luis (Zurban, Paris-art), Carnet de voyages (L’Œil, La Maison des Amériques)