Alain Longeaud

Steps :

To talk about my work, you have to go back to the origins.

The 70s, with the beginning of fine photographic art, the meeting with photographers Ralph Gibson and Duane Michals both on the line of demarcation, where reality becomes abstract.

It was therefore towards a creation diametrically opposed to that of conceptual photography that I was moving towards, a creation where there is no difference between the imaginary and reality. I decided then that my photos will not show, will not explain, will not question. They will open the doors to emotions.

I like to quote Gerhard Richter: "I obey no intention, no system, no tendency.. I like uncertainty, infinity and permanent insecurity". Bio:

Even though I became interested in music at a very young age through the piano, I always felt like a photographer. Always a matter of perspective. First more on the side of black and white than color.

The meeting with Helmut Newton, whose assistant I was, opened the doors to the world of fashion where I made a career working for the main French and Italian fashion magazines.

Today visual artist photography has replaced fashion and it is no longer in magazines but in French and foreign galleries that my work is exhibited.

Collections:

Soulages Museum / Rodez
Museum of Decorative Arts / Paris

Exhibitions:

2022
HERE Venice, Ten Arts

2019
Van Gogh Art Gallery, Madrid
François Giraudeau Gallery, Les Portes en Ré

2018
Art Basel Grand Openinf of Miami Dome, See Me
Miami Art Basel Aqua, Van Gogh Gallery
Chashama Gala Times
Poiesis Art Gallery, Paris
Paul Beuscher, Paris

2016
Marie Robin Gallery, Paris
Dock Art Fair Lyon, Francois Giraudeau Gallery

2015
Pont Neuf Gallery, Paris
House of Photography, Lille, France

2014
Marie Robin Gallery, Paris
The Cat Street Gallery, Signal 8 Summer Show, Hong Kong
Francois Giraudeau Gallery, Les-Portes-en-Ré, France

2013
Chatillon House of Arts, Chatillon, France
Francois Giraudeau Gallery, Les-Portes-en-Ré, France
Grand Palais, Arts and gardens, Paris
Silvia Weibel Gallery, Verbier, Switzerland

2012
Galerie les Singuliers, Month of Photography (official selection), Paris
New Images Gallery, Hotel Scribe, Paris