Frank Kappa

Poacher photographer working on the thin border between fiction and reality.

⚡️ This man sets traps.
Traps of light, instincts, areas where a personality may appear, an animal may quiver. Capturing this furtive instinct.
“I look for that rare moment when the person is themselves, and not what they are looking to project…” says Frank. But Frank Kappa does not give in to the temptation of gonzo photography, which forces nature rather than captures it. To capture the unveiling, he has a rigorous strategy. He sets up his frames very precisely, chisels the light, brings down the giant and sublimates the microscopic. He then waits to capture the image with the frightening efficiency of the trap.
For magazines, advertisers or personal projects, from tribes in New Caledonia to Parisian high society, he hunts down that fragile moment of truth, a vibrant second in the perfect frame. Leaving the poetry, the emotion, the unrest to the subject, he is in control of the rest.

french edition of L'OFFICIEL publication

After studying visual communication and graphic arts at the Charpentier academy I have worked in advertising as an art director for many years before becoming professional in photography.

I transcend my shots, interpreting reality to create a sense of surrealism, surfing the thin border between truth and fiction through manipulation of form or scene-setting.

My commercial work is specialised in architecture, interior design, portrait, reportage and lifestyle.

Based in Paris, I work for magazines, advertising agencies and architecture publications.

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may 15 may ~ june 15, 2001
"Troisième oeil"
Festival Off "Chronique Nomades"
Honfleur, Calvados