Decamps Louis

I remember seeing Louis Decamps first photographs like if it was yesterday. He wan the Picto Prize in 1998 dues to a series shot on a boat exhibited at Colette. There was a freshness oozing from those pictures, a sense of carefreeness through the communion with life on earth and its elements: The sun, the sky and the sea. At the time I thought to myself, here is a talented newcomer in photography which work is to follow, closely. French and international fashion editors began to collaborate with Louis from that starting point — therefore fashion spreads full of colourful wittiness did grace the pages of magazines such as CitizenK, Jalouse, New York Times magazine, Arena , Italien Elle and Tank. The proverbial “young at heart” say, came to my mind the first time that we met to produce a fashion story together. Fashion photography is a style exercise - within a medium - which is about clothes and attitude yet it is also a reflection on the spirit of the contemporary times. From staged freeze frame featuring sophisticated “mise-en-scène” exploring surrealism or kitschiness to deceptively simple snapshot-like, street photography — a bold insolence with a hint of childish joy run through the oeuvre of a versatile photographer. Througho...

1998 - Lauréat Picto Fashion Photography
Exhibition at Colette in Paris
2005 - Galerie Duo - Paris
2008 - Tribalamorphose - Galerie Blondel - Paris
2016 - Au Banc - Galerie Luc Allemand - Paris