Bruno Charoy

Bruno Charoy is a well known French photographer, born in 1964. He built his career and became famous especially due to his portrait work. As a photographer, he closely works with well-known national newspapers and several editors.

Bruno Charoy discovered photography through his mother, she often developed photos in front of her awestruck son. He was more captivated by the results rather than the practice itself. Initially Bruno Charoy considered himself to be a musician, at 30 the guitarist was frustrated and decided to turn towards another field, to earn money.

Many people in his entourage were photographers, in fact they pushed him to question himself and advised him to choose photography after having seen some of his photos. Initially, Bruno Charoy took photos as an amateur, like everyone today, but his friends saw a hidden talent.
He decided to sell all his assets and headed towards the Connecticut river, during which he created a travel diary of photos.

Due to this travel diary, Bruno Charoy was discovered by the daily "Jour" who hired him in 1993. Even though the paper lasted only a few months, Bruno Charoy had made up his mind, he'll be a photographer and this is when his career took off.