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2010.08.22:

Cover of IL mag, Italy

In 2009, Intelligence in Lifestyle magazine was selected for one of the top ten covers of the year with my Hereros picture... Let's hope for the best with the numero 22, again a great collaboration with Raffaele Vertaldi...
 

2010.06.29:

FANTASIAS in Numero mag

Don't forget to catch the first printing of an extract of the fantasias series... Soon, I'll also receive the first copies of the ITZA' book, made in Mexico. More soon.
 

2010.06.07:

magazines

Soccer players in the New-York times magazine, Brasilians Fantasia in Numero Magazine, France.
 

2010.02.03:

Lectures

Come to my presentation of the EMPIRE book at the Jeu de Paume in Paris, the 18th of february. And don't hesitate to go to my lecture at FOTODOK, in Utrecht, the 19th...
Fotodok

jeu de paume

 

2010.01.20:

Short school Haka

The Short school Haka series is now online.
 

2010.01.05:

series online

"Tivoli-garden" series and "Squeak" series are now online.
 

2009.11.16:

EMPIRE/ VIS VOLUNTATIS

The Empire book will be also published in Italian by PELITI. The book will be available in January... same for the Kehrer and Thames&Hudson. It will be pretty easy to get some copies online and the distribution will be optimal too.
 

2009.09.25:

EMPIRE BOOK

Kehrer published the English Version, Thames&Hudson published the French one. You'll find the Empire book soon online and in bookshops.
 

2009.06.29:

Short school Haka in Wien

Back from New Zealand. The show of this Short school Haka series will be at the Kunsthalle of Wien until October 2009.
 

2009.04.30:

POC workshop

The 7th POC workshop will take place in Salzburg, Austria. At the same time, you can visit my show at the Momentum gallery in Wien. And, yes, I ll put some new pictures online soon.
 

2009.02.25:

Vis Voluntatis in Brazil

I finished my project last night, with the final parade of the carnival of Pocos de Caldas, MR, Brazil. I was on my own truck wih the fantasia I designed with the help of the samba school Saci po. The third and final chapter of the vis voluntatis project will take place in China, as an extension of my Bi Yan project... My costume should be ready in two weeks...
 

2008.12.16:

Facebook me?

If you want to see a large body of images of the Vis voluntatis performance, get on facebook and look for my name. Until I make a website dedicated to this, have a look!
try this
 

2008.10.28:

Samba school in Brazil

I m now in Pocos de Caldas, guest of the Saci-po Samba school. Going on my FANTASIAS project. I will work in two steps, as I did with the Empire series and the Opera series. First I document a series of portraits, and then, I ll design my own fantasia to take part of the next carnival, with my own colors, my own allegory,,,
 

2008.10.23:

Too busy

A show in Hyères (Les fleurs du Paradis) to see at the Villa Noailles, Hyères. Check! I can also do some landscape if you push me! A portfolio show in Marseille at the Atelier De visu with a workshop in November.
Villa Noailles

Atelier De visu

 

2008.08.19:

Talking about my work

In French only... Interview with Sylvain Bourmeau, on the web magazine MEDIAPARTabout Empire, and my work in General (Sander, the Becher, primitive painting).
mediapart
 

2008.07.24:

成人式Seijinshiki in Osaka

Have a look at the Seijinshiki series on this site and at the MEM gallery of Osaka. The gallery leaded by Katsuya Ishida is showing the Seijinshiki series for the first time in Osaka.
Site of MEM Gallery
 

2008.07.19:

Listen to me...

You could listen to this audioguide about the Empire series. I'll come back soon on my last three busy weeks including the second Vis voluntatis performance and my trip in Belfast to photograph the Orange Order...
Arles Audioguide
 

2008.07.08:

Arles!

I'm just back from the Arles Festival. The opening of the festival curated by Christian Lacroix was yesterday. I'm glad to show Empire there. And yesterday, we did again the Vis voluntatis performance. Look at the link... you can see the webTV of the festival. The second reportage is about the performance.
Web TV Arles
 

2008.06.11:

Soon in Arles

I now finalize the Empire show for the Arles festival. The exhibition will start the 7th of july. For the opening, the Vis voluntatis performance will take place in the middle of the show too.
 

2008.04.11:

Seijinshiki in Den Haag

Opening of my show at Galerie Nouvelles Images. I show the Seijinshiki series for the first time and the Hereros portfolio.
 

2008.01.28:

Shanghai Opera

I'm just back from Shanghai. I was invited by the new Museum of Contemporary Art to come at the opening of the opening of the "Unseen" Show (about young contemporary photography). My project about the Chinese Opera is going on. Not only based on photography, I progressively open myself to the idea of the performance mixted with a long preparation including the production of costumes, make up, design... I expect to be able to show my entire Opera project in China before the end of the year...
 

2007.12.13:

New series online!

Hereros, Seijinshiki, New Opera are now online. The Seijinshiki series will be printed in my next book, as a collaboration with the manga designer 'Little Fish' (Tokyo). The Portfolio of the Hereros Series will be presented in 2008 too.
 

2007.11.29:

Greetings from Beijing

I ve just worked for a week zith the school of chinese opera of beijing. This time I worked with two professors for a make-up project. I ll present my first collages around this series in 2008. Images soon online too.
 

2007.11.12:

Paris photo 2007

I'll show my work in three galleries: Galerie Kicken (Berlin) with a Giant portrait of my last series (Himbas), Galerie des filles du calvaire (Paris) with a giant portrait of the Opera series, and MEM gallery (Osaka) with the rikishi portfolio.
website of Paris photo
 

2007.10.03:

About Europe

Tomorow, the 4th, I'll have a talk at the "centre culturel suisse" about Europe and its community. I'll talk with Willy Beauvallet, sociologist about the representation of the Identity. It will start at 6 pm, 38 rue des Francs-bourgeois, Paris
 

2007.09.04:

Back from Namibia

I worked in august in Namibia, mainly on two fundamental populations of the country: The Hereros and the Himbas. I'll bring soon some of the images online.
 

2007.06.30:

French editorial

These last weeks have been dedicated to editorial projects, mainly large series for different french magazines: "Les Inrockuptibles" ordered me a series of portraits of french actors taking part of the "festival d'avignon". Next ordered me a series of portraits of italians fashion designers (Riccardo Tisci/ Givenchy, Ivana Omazic/ Celine, Antonio Marras/Kenzo, Maurizio Galante). I now work on a series of writers.
See the "NEXT" magazine

See "Les Inrockuptibles"

 

2007.04.16:

Image makers Image takers

That's the title of the book made by Anne-Celine Jaeger (Thames & Hudson publisher) about a selection of photographers, focusing of the interactive aspect of photography, how the photographers of world stature approach their work, and what it is that makes them succeed. Also editors, gallerists are interviewed in the book. One of my Water-polo picture is the cover of the European version of the book.
 

2007.03.27:

Parisian exhibition

After 5 years without exhibiting my images in Paris, I'm currently hanging my pictures at "la galeries les filles du calvaires", 17 rue des filles du Calvaire, 75003 Paris (don't hesitate to send them an email (paris@fillesducalvaires.com) if you wish to be added on their mailing list. And please, don't hesitate to register on my website if you wish to receive all the informations for my exhibitions. I will show the LUX series, commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art of Luxembourg (MUDAM) and a selection of portfolios, flat on table (my favorite way to show a portfolio!): Empire, Opera, Winner face, Merisotakoulu, Rikishi...
www.fillesducalvaire.com
 

2007.03.19:

Antwerpen Fine Art School

A workshop going on about portraits with the students of the fine art school of Antwerpen...The main question is about the social aspect of portraits: the negociation between the photographer and the model, the compromise, the evolution of this relation...Invited by Bert Danckaert, teacher in that school and POC member, this workshop is giving me a chance to also think of this in the case of my own work... How am I doing a portrait, and why...
 

Exhibitions:

2010-06-16 to 2010-08-15

Seoul Museum of Art www.seoulmoa.org

2010-05-26 to 2010-05-30

Art Amsterdam

2010-05-21 to 2010-09-21

Musée des terre-neuvas, Fécamp, France

2010-05-15 to 2010-06-23

Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, Nederland

2010-05-12 to 2010-05-16

Madrid photo fair, Ego galeria

2010-01-29 to 2010-02-28

Fotodok festival, Utrecht www.fotodok.org

2009-10-23 to 2009-11-23

Matthieu Foss Gallery, Mumbai www.matthieufossgallery.com

2009-10-21 to 2010-11-21

Maison des Arts, Evreux

2009-10-01 to 2009-11-25

Caption Gallery, New York

2009-09-23 to 2009-10-27

Berliner liste (Ego Galeria)

2009-09-04 to 2009-09-27

Journées photographiques de Bienne 2009.fototage.ch/fr/expos/artistes/charles-freger.130.html

2009-07-03 to 2009-10-20

Kunshalle Wien, Austria

2009-05-08 to 2009-07-25

Dress code, ISELP, Brussels www.iselp.be

2009-05-07 to 2009-05-10

Vienna fair, Momentum www.viennafair.at

2009-05-07 to 2009-05-10

madrid photo fair www.madridfoto.es

2009-04-29 to 2009-06-13

Galerie Momentum, Wien www.momentum.co.at

2009-04-18 to 2009-06-27

"Hors jeu", Espace culturel Francois Mitterand, Beauvais

2008-12-28 to 2009-02-22

Centre photographique de Cherbourg-Octeville

2008-12-03 to 2008-12-07

In fashion photo fair, Miami

2008-11-13 to 2008-11-16

Paris photo fair

2008-10-30 to 2009-01-11

Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul

2008-10-19 to 2009-01-04

Villa Noailles, Hyères, France www.villanoailles-hyeres.com

2008-10-09 to 2008-11-28

Atelier De Visu, Marseille www;atelierdevisu.fr

2008-09-24 to 2008-11-15

Galerie des filles du calvaire, Bruxelles www.fillesducalvaire.com

2008-07-22 to 2008-08-12

MEM gallery, Osaka www.mem-inc.jp

2008-07-08 to 2008-09-14

rencontre international d'Arles

2008-05-29 to 2008-06-25

Parcours St Germain, Paris http://www.parcoursaintgermain.com/

2008-05-15 to 2008-06-29

Festival Transphotographiques, Lille

2008-05-11 to 2008-06-15

Muée des Beaux-Arts, St Lo, France

2008-04-18 to 2008-04-21

Art Bruxelles, Galeries des filles du Calvaire

2008-04-03 to 2008-04-06

Tokyo Artfair, MEM Gallery

2008-04-03 to 2008-05-21

Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag www.nouvellesimages.nl

2008-03-09 to 2008-06-29

Kasseler KunstVerein, Kassel

2008-02-13 to 2008-02-18

ARCO, Madrid. Galerie Kicken

2008-01-27 to 2008-03-18

Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai www.mocashanghai.org/index.php?_function=exhibition&_subFunction=currentExhibition

2007-09-08 to 2007-10-20

Galerie Ronmandos, Amsterdam ronmandos.resourcestudio.nl/exhibition/current

2007-08-25 to 2007-10-05

Kunsthalle, Liestal (S)

2007-07-08 to 2007-05-31

Dorottya Galeria/Ernstmuseum, Budapest www.ernstmuzeum.hu/dorottya/kiall.php

2007-05-11 to 2007-07-14

Galeries Les filles du Calvaire, Bruxelles

2007-05-08 to 2007-05-12

Art Amsterdam - Galerie Nouvelles Images

2007-04-25 to 2007-04-28

Art Chicago, Stephen Daiter Gallery

2007-04-07 to 2007-04-08

Tokyo Art fair, MEM Gallery

2007-04-05 to 2007-06-17

Centro Internazionale di Fotografia

2007-04-01 to 2007-04-15

Koninklijk Atheneum Berchem, Antwerpen

2007-03-25 to 2007-05-05

Galerie des filles du calvaire, Paris www.fillesducalvaire.com

2007-03-01 to 2007-03-04

POC Workshop at the Photomuseum of Antwerpen www.pocproject.com

2007-01-20 to 2007-01-20

Symposium at the Kyoto University of Art and Design

2007-01-14 to 2007-01-14

Lecture at the School of Photographic Expression, Osaka

2007-01-09 to 2007-01-09

Lecture at the Kyoto University of Art and Design

2007-01-07 to 2007-03-03

Expo CLINIC, Pole image H.N Rouen

2006-12-07 to 2006-12-10

Art Basel, Miami beach (Kicken gallery)

2006-11-15 to 2006-11-19

Paris photo fair (Filles du Calvaire)

2006-11-11 to 2006-12-13

Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag

2006-07-03 to 2006-10-10

Museum of Modern Art (MUDAM) Luxembourg www.mudam.lu

2006-06-17 to 2006-07-23

POC show, Alone Together. Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag

2006-06-14 to 2006-06-18

ART BASEL, Kicken Gallery

2006-06-02 to 2006-07-27

Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago www.stephendaitergallery.com

2006-05-18 to 2006-06-26

The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Nova Sin www.tina-b.com/areas/sect3.html

2006-04-30 to 2006-06-25

Kunsthalle, Erfurt, Germany www.kunsthalle-erfurt.de

2006-04-28 to 2006-05-01

Artfair, Chicago, Stephen Daiter Gallery

2006-04-21 to 2006-04-24

Art Brussel, Kicken Gallery

2006-02-08 to 2006-02-12

Aipad, NY, Kicken Gallery

2005-12-01 to 2005-12-04

Miami Art fair, Kicken Gallery

2005-11-16 to 2005-11-20

Paris photo fair, Galerie Les filles du Calvaire

2005-10-08 to 2005-12-14

La halle, Pont-en-Royan

2005-09-23 to 2005-11-12

Kicken gallery, Berlin

2005-09-20 to 2005-10-19

Photo festival of Breda, Holland www.bredaphoto.nl/

2005-06-15 to 2005-06-20

ART BASEL, Kicken gallery

2005-05-26 to 2005-06-26

Museo nacional de artes visuales, Montevideo

2005-04-28 to 2005-05-18

Moving Gallery, Spazi Multipli Gallery, Roma www.fotografiafestival.com

2005-04-17 to 2005-05-17

Fine Art Museum, Shanghai

2005-03-15 to 2005-05-15

Museo de arte moderno de Buenos Aires

2005-03-11 to 2005-03-14

Armory show, New York, Kicken Gallery

2005-03-10 to 2005-04-10

Musee des beaux-arts de Clermont-Ferrand

2005-03-05 to 2005-04-02

Johnnie Walker"s Art, Tokyo

2005-01-29 to 2005-02-27

Yokohama Museum of Art parallaxscope.net/RIKISHI/

2005-01-22 to 2005-02-23

Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag

2004-12-02 to 2004-12-05

Art Basel, MIami

2004-11-25 to 2004-12-26

Centro Cultural Mattucana 100, Santiago de Chili