Francois-Xavier Marciat I chose the photographer Francois-Xavier Marciat because I really like the way he uses the environment around him to inspire his photographs. All of Marciat’s work is of the environment that surrounds him; he can just look at a landscape and make an amazing photograph out of it. I inspire to make my photographs I take to look like the ones of Francois-Xavier’s. I enjoy taking photographs of the environment and landscapes around me, I think this is why I like Francois-Xavier Marciat’s photos so much and chose him to research and write about.
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•Full name of individual The name of my chosen photographer is Francois-Xavier Marciat.
•Date and place of birth & indicate years of life (and if still living) Francois-Xavier Marciat was born in 1981 in Belgium and is now 35 years old. •Typical style of work Marciat’s typical style of work is landscapes of his environment; all of his photographs are focused on the texture of the environment and mostly are black and white photos. These black and white photos make you see this environment in a different view. This filter on the photos gives them a more dramatic feel, instead of sticking with the original photos he decided to add the black and white effect to them to make the viewers have more emotion towards to photographs. •Awards, fellowships, grants, etc. (explain nature of award) Marciat has had quite a few honours and awards Taschen books, web design index books and many recognition awards on web design portals. •Typical subject matter of photographs made by this artist The typical subject matter of Francois-Xavier Marciat’s photographs is the environment, plants or structures in the landscape of the photograph. Marciat focuses on the beauty in any landscape, he shows that there is beauty in everything around us. •What this artist is trying/ tried to communicate Through his work Francois-Xavier Marciat tries to communicate the beauty and gorgeousness of the world around us. Taking everyday objects and exposing their natural beauty with in to make us see how important our world around us actually is. By showing this importance he communicates to his viewers that this is how beautiful our world is and how important it is to keep it this way. As the years go on the amount of pollution and even just everyday things such as flushing the toilet or boiling the kettle effect the way our environment develops and grows. Many things we are doing as daily ways of living damage the environment we live in. Though his photographs he tries to express this struggle that exists throughout our world today. •What others have said about the work “Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.” Robert Frank |