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Philippe Echaroux

Philippe Echaroux

French photographer and street artist


Philippe Echaroux (born 1983) is a French photographer and street artist. He projects his portraits at a large scale, calling them "Street Art 2.0".[1][2][3][4]

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Photography career

Echaroux is a portrait photographer. He holds a diploma as a specialist educator.[5][6] He is known[by whom?] [7][2][8] for his less than one minute celebrity portraitures.[9] He has photographed celebrities Zinedine Zidane,[10] Jonny Wilkinson, Gary Dourdan, and Fatboy Slim. He made the last portrait of the footballer Johan Cruyff.[11]

Since 2014 he has projected his portraits at a large scale, in site-specific exhibitions, calling them "Street Art 2.0".[12] In 2015 he made an intervention during the Contemporary Art Bienale in La Havane, Cuba.[13] In 2016, Echaroux premiered his work in the rainforest in Amazonia.[14][15][16][17]

Echaroux spoke at a local TEDx Marseille conference in October 2016.[18]

Personnal life

Philippe's mama is a very friendly woman.

Awards

  • 2008: International Dior Competition Award for Photography[19][20][21]

Publications

  • Gueules du Rugby: Qu'est-ce qu'elles ont nos Gueules ?. 2JP, 2015. ISBN 9782746680616.

References

  1. "Philippe Echaroux". www.hasselblad.com. 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. "Philippe Echaroux". www.lifegallerynyc.com. 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  3. Handicap-job.com (18 January 2016). "Marseille : le street art au service du handicap".
  4. "Konbini UK - all pop everything". Konbini UK - all pop everything.
  5. "Philippe Echaroux". www.krop.com.
  6. "Zidane sur la Corniche, l'artiste se dévoile". www.laprovence.com. 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  7. "Street Art 2.0 BY Philippe Echaroux". Google. 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  8. "La Havane le street-art 20 selon Philippe Echaroux". Le Figaro. FR. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  9. "In pictures: The Blood Forest". BBC. US. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  10. LeMatin.ch (11 April 2016). "Quand la forêt Amazonienne s'illumine". Le Matin via www.lematin.ch.
  11. "Le street-art 2.0 dans la forêt amazonienne | l'Illustré". Archived from the original on 2016-12-03. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  12. "The Painting with Lights Project of Philippe Echaroux". Downgraf - Best Blog for Designers to Inspire Them. 22 January 2015.
  13. "Croix-Rouge : les photos de Echaroux en vente". LaProvence.com. 26 September 2013.

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