from BROOKLYN, U.S.A.
Patrick de Warren was born in Avignon and somehow didn1t hold a camera and
take his first picture until he was 25 years old,
He became a fashion photographer, working for Ford, He's work is internationally
exhibited and created portraits of christina ricci, jamie lee curtis,
chloe sevigny zac posen.
His work is about light—expressing a reverence for the first photographic
pioneers—all about using the sun, cadles light to the latest lighting gear,
mixtures of the manufactured and the natural, to make beauty.
There is a solmnity to his work that honors the subject—whether a
model or a star in her apartment, as if through the somber, almost
reportorial recording of the fleeting moment of the light, the human is an
extention of the light rather than an object upon which the light plays.
His landscapes offer the quietest sense of revelation—the melancholy peace
of a blue dawn, light drained from the landscape and held with awe in
frigid waters.
His works contain a sense of drama without being staged or retouched. Light
is his palette and his portraits have a painterly quality that1s hard to
pinpoint. His portrait of Susan Sarandon, for example—elegant, girlish,
innocent and hidden, she is nearly swallowed by the darkness of the room yet
is illumianted by the fresh light falling through the window where she sits
like a kid on the sill. Models shot in a marsh become renaissance figures,
the light soft and flat, diffuse, preserving the secrecy and nobility of
each subject. He is markedly not confrontational or probing—alowing a piece
of the heart to sly peek through. He catches the inner elegance of each
person, the gestural sense of an ongoing life through a face,
Photo Exhibits:
-Aoyama Spiritual hallin tokyo.
- Kintetsu Art Museum in Osaka.
-Kobe Fashion Museum in Kobe.
-Amnesty International 40 th Anniversary.
-Woodstock annual benefit Auction.
Books:
-Body and Soul ( Universe ).
-Masterminds of Mode ( International Festival of Fashion photography in Japan ).
Awards:
- Polaroid International Photography Award ( North America 2002).
-Camera ArtsMagazine Polaroid Award Winner (2002)
Equipment use goes from Mamiya 645 to in between 8 *10 view camera here in my Studio in Williamsburg , Brooklyn New York..from candle light to handmade light to Profoto equipment depending of the mood i would like to give..
To leave a comment please register firstGabriela Sauciuc, 25.05.2007 at 19:21h
i love your gallery
great work
congrats
gaby
Dennis Veldman, 19.05.2007 at 1:18h
cool to have you on here, rock on!
Sarah D. Kiefer , 9.05.2007 at 11:52h
excellent work you show. thx for sharing! i'll look forward to more for sure...good to meet you!
cheers,
sarah k
Salvo Zannelli, 20.08.2006 at 15:32h
Patrick via les differents canaux je decouvre ton magnifique portefeuille .....
toutes félicitations et mon admiration
Salvo
Marino Mannarini, 4.01.2006 at 17:21h
Hallo Patrick!
you're like the king among the shepherds, here....you are a pro, and i like your style and the use of light you have.
Ciao, Marino
Patrick de Warren, 30.04.2005 at 8:47h
Thanks to all of you for your comments ..
It is also refreshing for me to see your work and the wide variety and levels of photography exhibit here in the fotocommunity.
feel like I am making new friends ...thanks..
Kate Eakman, 21.04.2005 at 18:32h
Holy mother! All of your photos are just breathtaking. sooo gorgeous. Good work!
Marlene Rogl, 18.04.2005 at 9:06h
wow - your pics are all great!!! i like them! keep on working!!
nice regards
marlene
Marc Alexander Holtz, 3.04.2005 at 10:51h
love the drama!
Alison Visona, 30.03.2005 at 9:26h
I'm in awe...show us more , please?:)
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