Francois is a parisian photographer and art director born in Lyon in 1980. When he’s not working for editorial or commercial clients, he spends his time on personal photography projects, documenting facades of local french nightclubs, machine gun shops in the US, chinese scooters, or similarities between european cities and their chinese replicas. His work has been awarded (Fidal youth award, French art director club), exhibited worldwide (Galerie du jour Agnès B, Villa Noailles, Rencontres d’Arles, Paris Photo, Galerie du jour Tokyo, Arts souterrain Montreal), published in international Press (BBC, CNN, National Geographic, M le Monde, Sunday Times Magazine), and printed in 3 monographic books (After Party in 2018 by Headbangers Publishing, Paris China by Hoxton Mini Press in 2020 and “Gentlemen’s Club“ in 2021 by Fisheye).
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1980 born in Lyon
2003 Bachelor degree in graphic design and typography
Saint-Luc School (Brussels, Belgium)
2004 graphic designer – Fabrica, Benetton’s
communication research center (Treviso, Italy)
2006 Graphic designer/art director – Icone Paris (design studio)
2011 graphic designer/art director – BETC (advertisement agency)
2015 Head of design – Marcel Publicis (advertisement agency)
2017 > present Free-lance art director and self-taught photographer, working on personnal projects and comissions for various clients in press, fashion or advertising.
EXHIBITION :
2017 – Villa Noailles, Hyères – collective exhibition
Série After Party, festival “La boite de Nuit“
2018 – Superette Galery, Paris – personal exhibition
Série After Party, Faubourgs, Champs Élysées, Paris Syndrôme
2018 – Galerie du jour Agnes B, Paris – personal exhibition
Série After Party
2019 – Brasserie Barbès, Paris – personal exhibition
Série After Party, lancement du livre “After Party“
2019 – Centre Albin Minville, Toulouse – personal exhibition
Série Faubourgs
2019 – Rencontres d’Arles, Arles – collective exhibition
Série After Party & Gentlemen’s Club – expo Edbangers, voies Off
2020 – Fondation du Doute, Blois – collective exhibition
Série After Party – expo collective “After Party“
2021 – Pavillon de l’Arsenale, Paris – collective exhibition
Série Paris Syndrôme – cycle expo “La Beauté d’une ville“
2021 – Rencontres d’Arles, Arles – personal exhibition
Série Gentlemen’s Club – Atelier gallery, festival Off
2021 – Galerie du Jour, Agnes b, Marseille – personal exhibition
Série Gentlemen’s Club
2021 – Paris Photo, Paris – Collective exhibition
Série Gentlemen’s Club (Galerie du Jour/Agnès b.)
2022 – Festival Dernier Cri, Montpellier – personal exhibition
Série After Party – Tri Postal
2022 – Point Éphémère, Paris – collective exhibition
Série Paris Syndrôme – fetival “une certaine idée du fail“
2022 – Ground Control, Paris – collective exhibition
Commande d’une série sur la rénovation urbaine pour l’Anru
2022 – Studio Zorse, Villejuif – collective exhibition
Série After Party, exposition “Met la Face B“
2023 – Galerie du Jour, Tokyo – personal exhibition
Série Gentlemen’s Club (à venir en mars 2023)
2023 – Art souterrain, Montreal – collective exhibition
Série After Party, festival Arts souterrain
2023 – Nuits Sonnores, Lyon – personal exhibition
Série Club Ivoire
2023 – Les Rencontres du X (Fetart), Paris – collective exhibition
Série Club Ivoire
SELECTED PUBLICATION & EXHIBITION
Writing press :
Sunday Times magazine, M le Monde, National Geographic, CNN, Wired, Wallpaper, AD, Numéro, Vice ID, Süddeutschzeitung, It’s Nice that, Télérama, Libération, New York Daily News, Vanity Fair, Esquire, The Good Life, Domus, Interior Design, Fisheye Magazine, Polka, Arte Magazine, Paris Match, Les Inrocks, Vice, Perdiz, Beijing Youth Daily, South Morning Post, Tages Anzeiger, Il Post, El Economista, Tsugi, P3, Feature Shot, Trax, fastcodesign, La Boite Verte, L’Express, Grazia, Fubiz, wohnrevue, Moral Phobia book, Brain magazine, City Lab (The Atlantic), Slate, Elle,
MONOGRAPHY:
After Party Book (Hardcover book – 300 pages)
Published by Headbanger Publishing in 2018 in 1000 copies – SOLD OUT
Paris China Book (Paperback – 100 pages)
Published by Hoxton Mini Press in 2020 in 2000 copies – still available
Gentlemen’s Club Book (Hardcover book – 200 pages)
Published by Fisheye Editions in 2021 in 1000 copies – SOLD OUT
COLLECTION :
Fidal – Agnès B – HSBC – private collection
AWARD :
2013 French art director club (typography section – Newman)
2015 French art director club (typography & design – Galeries Lafayette)
2016 Fidal youth photography award (After Party – photography)
2019 French art director club (editorial design section – After Party book)
2020 French art director club (Photo section – Poulain)
2021 French art director club (Photo section – Gentlemen’s Club book)
2022 French art director club (Photo section – Covid Capsule serie
INTERVIEWS :
France Culture (radio) – 05/08/2014 – “La grande table d’été“ (01“09“19)
France Culture (radio) – 31/12/2015 – “Alors on danse ?“
France Culture (radio) – 01/07/2017 – “Sur la route“(par Julie Gacon)
Canal+ (tv) – 12/05/2015 – “la nouvelle Édition“
deutschland funkkultur (radio) – 03/03/2018 – Interview by Katja Bigalke
“Champs-Élysées“ documentary – 10/2018 – directed by Maxparasite
“Paris Syndrome“ video interview – 10/2018 – Bored Panda
“Paris Syndrome“ video interview – 10/01/2019 – Apple daily Newspaper
“Gentlemen’s Club“ documentary – July 2019 – directed by Max Parasite
“Gentlemen’s Club“ short documentary – August 2019 – BBC news