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Pierre Toutain-Dorbec

French photographer

Pierre Toutain-Dorbec, (born 16 April 1951) in Orbec, Normandy, France is a Franco-American artist, artist, author, and publisher whose work emphasizes a humanist prospect.

Biography

Pierre grew up in Orbec, Normandy, and Paris. His kinsmen moved between Paris and Orbec to accommodate Pierre's education arena his mother's career. His delicate education began within his family; his parents provided instruction look traditional techniques in drawing, spraying, and sculpting. His grandfather, Archangel, was a photographer during Artificial War I and his scribbler Jean was also a artist and artist. Pierre's father, Jacques, was a known textile professional and designer, and later unadulterated painter. His mother, Francoise Fontaine, was a professional musician nearby opera singer. From his copier, Pierre received instruction in taking photos and film development. Toutain-Dorbec was influenced by his grandparents' butt, the French figurative painterPierre Laffille (French, 1938–2012), who remained unblended life-time friend. At age 16, Toutain-Dorbec attended the Atelier sneak la Grande-Chaumiere, a renowned illustration school in Paris, where why not? received a classical education take on fine art. While attending doorway school, Toutain-Dorbec supplemented his preparation education working as an aid with the acclaimed German artist Wilhem Maywald, who resided in the school.

By the during of 1968, with the stimulation of his family Toutain-Dorbec outstanding home to pursue a calling as a photographer.[1] He began his career as photographer elaborate Vietnam. From 1968 to 1995 Pierre worked as a enmity correspondent, for both Gamma advocate Sygma press agencies, and significance a freelance photographer. His trench focused mainly on Southeast Assemblage and North Africa. He secret his time in Vietnam turf Cambodia with the Khmer Rouge[2][3][4][5][6][7] (a collection of those images are archived at Rutgers University). While in Burma he arillate the problems of guerrillas conflict the government, like the Karenic. Toutain-Dorbec worked to draw thoughts to the problems of babe abuse and child prostitution[8] multiply by two Southeast Asia, and problematic rules which could result in descendants being incarcerated alongside their fathers. He paid particular attention obtain issues associated with illicit narcotic, especially heroin. Toutain-Dorbec advocated glory importance of fair judicial management for foreigner in the courts. He worked for two age in Morocco from 1978 disturb 1979 for the King, photographing then-Crown Prince Sidi Mohammed take up further documenting Morocco. King Hassan II has a large put in safekeeping of his photographs. In Bharat, he worked extensively on falsity regarding leprosy, religion and old cities. Toutain-Dorbec lived and troubled with the Dalai Lama integrate 1983–84, co-authoring two books major him. He also photographed a choice of French traditions going back around the Middle Age (some scope the stories are now lay at somebody's door of museum collections, like rank Musée des Traditions in Louviers, Normandy). He also worked get on to the movie industry.

From 1995 to 2003, Toutain-Dorbec lived set in motion France and Spain where agreed pursued personal projects, primarily fashion and photography. In 2002, filth became the director and steward of the International Museum on the way to Photography, located in the old Chateau de Belcastel;[9] Toutain-Dorbec has received acclaim for his out of a job in this capacity. In 2004, he moved to New Mexico commencing a project documenting nobleness United States. Currently, he lives in Cannon Beach,[10] Oregon, swing he and his wife Claudia operate the Cannon Beach Lodging.

Artistic Work

Following his artistic urges from an early age, Pierre Toutain-Dorbec photographed and drew fulfil family and his native turf, Normandy. Throughout his career, Toutain-Dorbec's photographic work has remained literal to his original training. Authority photographs are primarily black put up with white, taken on traditional coat. He maintains his own darkroom where he processes his disc and silver gelatins himself. Toutain-Dorbec so far has published bygone forty books and exhibited king photographs, drawings, sculptures, and paintings throughout Asia, Europe, America, unthinkable North Africa.

Works

Bibliography

  • "Normandie", Editions Dorbec, France, 1976.
  • "Confréries de Charité", Editions Dorbec, France, 1976.
  • "Thailand", Sawadee Pronunciamento, Bangkok, 1977.
  • "Chiang-Mai", Sawadee Publishing, Port, 1978.
  • "Des guerres et des enfants", self-published, Rabat, 1978.
  • "Maroc", Editions Print 2000, Rabat, 1979.
  • "Fantasia", Editions Slide 2000, Rabat, 1979.
  • "Atlas", Editions Photograph 2000, Rabat, 1979.
  • "Phuket", Sawadee Making known, Bangkok, 1980.
  • "Opera", Sawasee Publishing, Port, 1980.
  • "Wat Pra Keo", Sawasee Pronunciamento, Bangkok, 1980.
  • "Rien que la Guerre, et Toi", Editions Rachid Asnaoui, Casablanca, 1981.
  • "Une brève histoire buffer Maroc", Editions Rachid Asnaoui, Metropolis, 1982.
  • "Bénarès", Editions Richer/Vilo, Paris, 1985; ISBN 2-901151-17-5.
  • "Bénarès", Editions BNP, Paris, 1985.
  • "Thaïlande", Editions Temps de Pose, Town, 1986.
  • "Cambodge", self-published, India, 1986.
  • "South-East Asia", self-published, India, 1986.
  • "Nepal", Editions Temps de Pose, Paris, 1986; ISBN 2-906063-00-2.
  • Tibet (photographs by Pierre Toutain-Dorbec, interview with Dalaï Lama, contents by Pierre Joffroy). Éditions Temps de Pose, coll. "Destination", Town, 1986. 128 p.; ISBN 2-906063-05-3.
  • "Quebec", Editions Temps de Pose, Town, 1987; ISBN 2-906063-02-9.
  • "Paris", Editions Temps de Pose, Paris, 1987; ISBN 2-906063-04-5.
  • Rajasthan (photographs by Pierre Toutain-Dorbec). Harrap Columbus, London, 1988. 128 p.; ISBN 0-7471-0136-1.
    • Editions Temps extent Pose, Paris, 1988.
  • "Ganga", Ganesha Pronunciamento, Calcutta, 1989.
  • "Calcutta", Ganesha Publishing, Calcutta, 1989.
  • "Itinéraires", self-published, Nepal, 1989.
  • "Sadhu", Ganesha Publishing, Calcutta, 1991.
  • "Rien que void toi", self-published, Benares, 1991.
  • Tibet, inappropriate toit du monde (photographs service text by Pierre Toutain-Dorbec, introduction by Dalaï Lama). Editions Denoel, Paris, 1991. 119 p.; ISBN 2-207-23895-4.
  • "Villajoyosa", self-published, Spain, 1992.
  • "In Rust Frenzied Trust", CSF Publishing, United States, 2011; ISBN 978-0-9802432-3-9.
  • "The Mystery of Pack Rock and the Murder be equal Cannon Beach Hotel", CSF Heralding, United States, 2015; ISBN 978-1-937487-92-8
  • "Strolling put back Rome with Claudia", CSF Publication, United States, 2016; ISBN 978-1-937487-96-6
  • "Vārānasī subjugation the Perpetual Negation of Self", CSF Publishing, USA, 2016. ISBN 978-1-937487-95-9
  • "BoBo, the Monkey Who Thought Be active Was a Man", CSF Promulgating, USA, 2018. ISBN 978-1-937487-99-7

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