FRANCK BOHBOT
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Architecture is everywhere, in every city, from megalopolises to the tiniest of villages, I photograph architecture because I am passionate about the act of documenting buildings, interiors, and the soul of a neighbourhood with my eyes.
FRANCK BOHBOTFranck Bohbot is a French-American photographer and filmmaker based in Paris. His work focuses on people, spaces, and moments in life. Guided by a desire to preserve places steeped in history and human traces, he explores the poetry of the ordinary, from everyday moments to architecture and craftsmanship, through a cinematic approach in which light, color, and composition play a central role. With over twenty years of experience, including ten years spent between New York and Los Angeles, his personal work has naturally resonated with clients, collectors, and prestigious institutions, giving rise to successful editorial, commercial, and cultural projects. He has collaborated with fashion designers such as Paul Smith, Iris van Herpen, and Valentino, as well as prestigious institutions and venues, ranging from the Louvre Museum to renowned hotels such as Le Bristol, and iconic design brands such as Knoll. Today, he navigates between portraiture, fashion, architecture, and documentary photography with a resolutely personal approach. Renowned for his use of color, composition, and mastery of light, Franck Bohbot continues his photographic exploration of the world, drawing inspiration from cinema, painting, and his travels.
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Why photography?
Because I can mix my passions, Cinema, Architecture, Landscapes and create my own language.
Your inspiration, especially artistic ?
Music inspires me a lot, and my inspirations evolve, according to my meetings and travels, I like to renew the genres and be in movement. The work of Fred Herzog speaks to me a lot, he left a few weeks ago, a great photographer like William Eggleston and others.
The photo you wish you had taken?
"Case Study House #22" by Julius Shulman, http://100photos.time.com/photos/julius-shulman-case-study-house-22 Julius Shulman's work and genius is to have succeeded in moving architectural photography from a corporate status to that of art photography. For the little anecdote, in 2009, I started photography, and I do not know why, I typed on my search engine, architectural photography ... and I came across several articles talking about Julius Shulman, as the Father of this movement, we were on July 16, 2009, the day of his death, that's the day that everything began for me, and my architectural and urban explorations took shape in trying to create my own style.
Your next projects?
Lots of them! I am finishing 4 projects here in California, this year has been very dynamic and interesting for me
Your favorites YK
Lee Jeffries, his work speaks to me a lot, especially living in Los Angeles, it's impossible not to see the homeless, the crisis (Homeless Crisis) is huge here, and the way he sacralizes them and gives them life through his portraits is simply unique. because they are very often ignored unfortunately.
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6% DOKIDOKI TOKYO
Fascinated by film iconography, Franck Bohbot focuses his photography on the relationship between individuals and architecture and draws up the inventory of emblematic sites using a systematic frontal view and centring, evoking the documentary approach of Bernd and Hilla Becher. Taken from the Tokyo Murmurings series, this image created in 2016 plunges us into the lively neighbourhoods of Tokyo and notably that of Harakuju, which, after dark, springs to life and gives way to arcade video games, mangas, and eccentric boutiques awash with neon lights. ... See more See less
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