Gregory Herpe

"For me, photography is not watching; it's feeling ..."

He was born in Paris in 1969, and live between Paris & the Netherlands.

As photojournalist for press agency Sopa Images, Hong-Kong, he exhibited in many countries.
The human being is his favorite subjects and he always shows three things in his photos: a message, a perspective, and emotion.

He photographed the Drag Queens in Europe from Helsinki to Budapest, little girls rescued from prostitution in Cambodia, IRA soldiers in Belfast, endangered animals in +15 countries in Africa, the minimalist landscapes of Northern Europe, Gypsies in southern France, and war zones in Ukraine, Nagarno-Karabakh, Lebanon...

But also as a portrait artists and set photographer he photographed celebrities of rock and cinema like David Bowie, Gérard Depardieu, Iggy Pop, Deep Purple, Nina Hagen, Jacques Dutronc, Patti Smith, Orelsan, etc.

He regularly works with NGO’s to talk about their actions.

His images have been exhibited in Galleries and museums in Paris, Barcelona, New York, ​​Boston, San Diego, Bristol, Amsterdam, Brussels, Genoa, Spa, Porto, Zurich, Athens, in Sicily, South Korea, India, Panama, Nigeria, and in the European Parliament of Brussels & Strasbourg, etc.

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Self-taught in photography, but advised by the great French photographer Jean-Loup Sieff.

Permanent Collections:
-2025 Ville d'Argenteuil, France
-2025 Ville de Perpignan, France
-2024 Ambassade d'Ukraine, France
-2022 Ambassade de France, Panama
-2020 The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge Museum, United Kingdom
-2020 Museum Hilversum, The Netherlands
-2019 CICA Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea
-2018 Fondation Vittorio Emanuele, Italy
-2018 ATBU University, Nigeria
-2018 Collection Jacques Font, France
-2017 Collection Roger Castang, France
-2017 Musée de St-Cyprien - Collection François Desnoyer, France
-2016 Collection de S.A.S le Prince Albert II de Monaco, Monaco
-2008 Collection Vincent Bazin, France

EXHIBITIONS:

-2023 Parlement Européen (Brussels, Belgium)

-2023 Singulart Art Gallery (Berlin, Germany)

-2023 Festival Annecy Lac Photo (Annecy, France)
-2023 Singulart Art Gallery (Berlin, Germany)


-2022 France Télévisions (Paris, France)


-2022 Blank Wall Gallery (Athens, Greece)


-2022 Tatí Space Photography Center (Tirana, Albania)


-2022 La Casa Blanca (Panama City, Panama)


-2021 Blank Wall Gallery (Athens, Greece)


-2021 City Hall (Paris, France)


-2021 Rencontres de la Photographie (Arles, France)


-2021 88th International Cultural Exchange of Arts (Davik, Norway)


-2021 Centre culturel ...