Pierre Poulain

I began my adventure with Photography at the age of 20, in 1976, in France. At that time, I was practicing Street Photography during the day, working as a taxi driver during the night and as an assistant to an Advertisement Photographer during the weekends. All that, to make a living in Paris.

Four years later, I had to make a choice between Photography and Philosophy, and so I decided to go with Philosophy. I never stopped “shooting” with a camera, but during the next 29 years, I practiced Photography more as a “devoted amateur” than as a professional. In 1986, I relocated to Tel-Aviv, Israel, where I founded the local branch of the New Acropolis school of Philosophy. About twenty years later, in 2008, I made my way back to Photography adding to it my Philosophical experience.

Philosophy, for me is what reveals the meaning of life. Art is the way I have chosen to approach this meaning. The camera is the medium I use to capture the hidden beauty present in life, all around us, and my photographs allow me to make this invisible beauty visible and to offer it for all to see.

This specific combination of Philosophy and Photography is also emphasized my work called “PhotoSophy”. It is reflected in a blog, as well as in an album-boo...

Bachelor's degree (France)
Graduate of the University Institute of Technology of Tours (France) in Social Studies
Teacher at the New Acropolis school of Philosophy since 1980, in Paris
Founder of the Acropolis Hahadacha school of Philosophy and Art in Israel in 1987
Professional street photographer since 2008

Solo Exhibitions
Israel (Menahamya) - "PhotoSophy 2" exhibition at the "Nahalat Tal" Cultural Center, 20 photographs presented in July 2022.

Israel (Tel-Aviv) - "PhotoSophy 2" exhibition at the "Beit Zionei America" in Tel-Aviv, 21 photographs presented in July 2021.

Israel (Tel-Aviv) - PhotoSophy, exhibition and book presentation at the BaMaut Cultural Center - May 2018

Israel (Rishon-le-Zion) - PhotoSophy, at Acropolis Hahadacha Cultural Center - 2018

Austria (Graz) - Brit (Alliance), exhibition in collaboration with painter Rinat Orel, at Foenix Kultural Centrum. - 2018

Israel (Haifa) - PhotoSophy, at Acropolis Hahadacha Cultural Center - 2018

South Korea (Seoul) - PhotoSophy, at WCO (World Culture Organization) center - 2018

Israel (Tel-Aviv-Yafo) - PhotoSophy, at the "Studio Shuki Kook" Gallery - 2017

Lisbon (Portugal) - "Philo-Photo" exhibition at Centro Cultural Nova Acropole - 2016

Israel (Tel-Aviv) - Brit (Alliance), exhibition in collaboration with Rinat Orel, painter, at the Rival Cultural Center. - 2015

India (Bangalore) - Paradoxes 2, exhibition and lecture at Rangoli Metro Art Centre - 2015

Israel (Kinneret) - Brit (Alliance), exhibition in collaboration with Rinat Orel, painter, at the Beit Gabriel Cultur...