Porto Seguro-Brice Kapel
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Photographer
Patrick Desgraupes
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Date of Photograph
2017
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Website
Art direction:Patrick Desgraupes&AurelienJean Desgraupes
Artist Songwriter Brice Kapel wonders in this album about his dual cultural identity. He was born in Togo as his mother, in the village of Porto Seguro, which was in the 19th century one of the major spots of the slave traffic leaving for the Americas. Arriving in France at the age of seven, his musical references consist mainly of English and American rock bands. He sings in his native language songs that speak about dreams of childhood, African legends .In what connects him with his origins, there is always that red soil that haunts his dreams. This series of photographs allows Brice with his body covered with the red soil of his ancestors, to return to the origins of life. In this intimate and moving space where stands present, where it becomes magical and sacred, he reveals us in a forgotten reflection, who we are.
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Biography
Patrick DESGRAUPES is a French Fine Art and Commercial photographer. He has trained on the job in different Parisian studios and in labs, in which he acquired an understanding of light, one of the strong traits of his current works
He has become a recognized landscape specialist of 4x5 inches view camera, and his book on Iceland has been published in the USA and in seven European countries. He has made numerous exhibitions in Iceland, Belgium, France for the National Parks of France and the Ministry of Ecology, in Slovenia, on the island of Reunion and in Guadeloupe.
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Awards
His book on the National Parks of France, prefaced by Nicolas Hulot, current French Minister of Ecology, obtained second place at the National Tourism Award in Paris and Prix des Ecrins-René Demaison-Coup de Coeur du Jury in 2010.
He has obtained the Cultural Council of the Mediterranean label in 2010.
In April 2017, he won the Fujifilm Award for Innovation and the Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year Award for his photo «The Rosé Wine Tank” at Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year contest in London.
In June 2017, he won a Bronze Medal at PX3, Prix de la Photographie in Paris for his series «Clavel Confectionery” in Advertising-Food category
In June 2018, he won a Silver Medal at PX3, Prix de la Photographie in Paris for his series «Cosmogony of Wine”” in Advertising-Self Promotion category
His photographs won 40 "Honorable Mentions" in 2017 and 2018 in Advertising, Fine Art, Portrait and Nature category at: International Color Awards in Los Angeles, IPA-International Photography Awards in New York, PX3-Prix de la Photographie in Paris, ND AWARDS, Monochrome Photography Awards, Monovision Photography Awards, Fine Art Photographer of the Year in London.
