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BIOGRAPHY
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I was born in 1951, in Roubaix, an industrial city of North of France. In my youth, I loved drawing and engraving, but unfortunately, my professional work kept me away from this passion I had developed.
I came in Taipei in 1979 and in 2005, I received my first camera as a birthday gift, a small Coolpix, which opened the door to my digital world. In 2007, I started thinking seriously about retiring and considering photography as the perfect activity to reactivate my interest in graphic arts. That year, I took a one and half day crash course with a professional photographer and one model. The purpose was to recreate five photos with a combination of lights. Besides the basic principles of lighting, my most important remembrance was from the model who told me that a model couldn’t see herself and needed to be guided. She was my first nude model, and I really felt shy at that time. My self-taught had been particularly influenced by Sebastião Salgado, whom I greatly admire for the precision, accuracy, and poetry of his work, even in the most dramatic scenes. My love for black and white was also influenced by him. I like particularly the "chiaroscuro" or effect of light, so popular among Flemish painters, which reflects a timeless interior of the house you have in North of France where I was born, but also the bright light of the tropics where I now live. I personally like to work with amateur models where the relation between the photographer and the model is a game of seduction. One is trying to be the most beautiful the other is trying to make his model the most beautiful. And yes, the reward is to see the model’s happy face when looking at her picture. For me, a woman's body is the most beautiful landscape, sometimes static something moving. I often cover nudity with a drape which I also use in a dance movement. As the line that distinguishes artistic nude and pornography is very tenuous, I always try to insert poetry in my photos to avoid vulgarity at all costs. I hope that the emotion and atmospheres that appear in my work reflect and express my personal passion for Asia. |
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Exhibitions and Publications
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- May 2008 - “AUTUMN DREAM" Solo exhibition at Jazz gallery, Taipei. - June 2008 - Publication of “AUTUMN DREAM" in PHOTO TAIPEI no 532 - July 2008 - Publication of "COLORED IMPRESSION" in UNIQUE IMAGE 30 - December 2008 - Publication of "MEET IN FRANCE" in UNIQUE IMAGE no 35 - January 2009 - Publication of "DREAM OF KOMANG" in UNIQUE IMAGE no 36 - November 2009 - "MOVEMENTS" Duo exhibition with my wife Amy, at Jazz gallery, Taipei. - November 2009 - Publication of "MOVEMENTS" in UNIQUE IMAGE. - November 2009 - Publication of "MOVEMENTS" in PHOTO TAIPEI. - February 2010 - "PHOTO- GRAPHIC" solo exhibition at Jazz gallery Taipei. - July 2012 - " WHEN WEST MEETS EAST" – at TheGallery Bali. - April 2013 - Join exhibition "UNITED IN DIFFERENCE” with TEPC group - Taipei. - May 2013 – Permanent exhibition at ARTISSIMO GALLERY Bali. - September 2013 - Solo exhibition "BALI, OR AND WATER” - at Silk Road Gallery, Tehran. - March 2014 – “PLAYING WITH LIGHTS” Solo exhibition at Jazz gallery, Taipei. - June 2014 – Joint exhibition “REG’ARTS” at St Leonard de Noblat - France - September 2014 - Solo exhibition "FEMMES" at Silk Road Gallery, Tehran. - May 2015 - Joint exhibition "UNDER THE SAME SKY" with the TEPC group, Taipei. - April 2016 - Joint exhibition "THE LIGHT OF TAIWAN" with the TEPC group, Taipei. - September 2016 - Solo exhibition “PROMENEUR" at Silk Road Gallery, Tehran. - October 2016 - Solo exhibition "EN DANSANT POUR LES DIEUX" Maison de la Chine galerie, Paris. - May 2017 – “TRANQUILITY & EXTRAVAGANZA” Duo exhibition with Amy Delmotte at Red Chamber, Taipei. - August 2017 - “TRANQUILITY & EXTRAVAGANZA” Duo exhibition with Amy Delmotte at Lantia Gallery, Daxi, Tw. - April 2019 – Join exhibition "OUR ISLAND” with TEPC group - Taipei. - January 2020 - Publication of #PHOTOGRAFY IS LIGHT, ONLY LIGHT" in COMMUNITY CENTER, Taipei. - March 2022 – Joint exhibition “VISIONS” with Amy Delmotte et Ivan Gros at Taipei Tech Gallery, Taipei. - Avril 2023 – Publication of “ART ET HARMONIES SANS FRONTIERE » in ZE MAG no 4 |
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VISIONS
EXHIBITION PHOTOS, MARCH 10 TO 24, 2022 The profit from the exhibition was send to St Camillus Institution, Long-Term Care Center for the Elderly, in Yilan County. And more specifically: the funds will be used to build an additional special area for the care of elderly people with senility and Alzheimer's. "VISIONS” is a search where the photography is no longer that frozen instant of a chosen moment but becomes an aesthetic evolution of that moment. Patrice Delmotte 
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at the Art Center of National Taipei University of Technology
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Some of Patrice's recommendations:
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Pleasure above all: There is beauty in every being and everything, it is up to you to discover and exploit it. Exploit it but always keep as a priority your own satisfaction which is another key to your success. Patrice is fortunate to have no commercial purpose and therefore has a total freedom of expression.
Study the masters: Often you won't have time to compose. It is therefore important to cultivate your unconscious, your instincts by carefully studying and analyzing the works of painters, sculptors, photographers, dancers and even musicians. Immerse yourself in their skill and the harmony of their works. This is also one of the key to create your own style. Playing with shadows: It helps to hide or suggest and sculpt the subject. You can also use a transparent veil. Do not neglect the power of suggestion far more powerful than a full nude image. Show your work: Photography is often a solitary exercise. So, it's important to share your work to get criticism. This is one of the fastest ways to progress. There is definitely a photo club near you, or even on the net that will allow you to do so. Do not hesitate to contact professional photographers, very few will refuse to help you. No matter the camera: The race for equipment shouldn't be your priority as outdoors, all devices are almost equal. The most expensive devices will only offer real benefits in extreme conditions. Never forget that it is your "eye" that will be responsible for 90% of the creation of the image. For the rest, you need to have a minimal technical knowledge of your camera and its functions. And to know them nothing is better than to experiment, experiment and experiment again. And if necessary, Photoshop will help you get where you want to go. Beware a good Photoshop is a Photoshop that should not be seen! Print your photos: Patrice has published about ninety fine art photo books on his own account. He thinks that the photos need to be printed to be fully expressed. The great danger of the digital is to accumulate pictures without actually making them alive. |
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