“I want to photograph the beauty of the world that surrounds me, whether powerful or melancholy in its nature. I don’t want to succumb to the most commonly trodden path of photographing tragedy or focusing on the sordid aspects of life. It’s a trap…” Philippe Abergel likes to surprise by conveying the simplicity of a particular set-up or a pose. Architecture, places, nudes: he explores a world stripped of its superficial veneer, dressed instead in all its beauty. An alchemist of memories, he gives his models the fluidity of a dream, the peace of a moment caught in time. From the beaches of Tahiti to the most beautiful of Parisian museums, he draws with pure serenity a personal universe, where light is married with the body and its surroundings.
2006: « Les Muses & les Musées », Chapelle Sainte Anne, Arles, France 2005 : Art Gand and Art Strasbourg 2004 : « Les Muses & les Musées », Dina Vierny Gallery, Month of Photography, Paris 2000 : « Les piscines de Casablanca », Picturale Gallery, Paris 1999 : « Esquisses de corrida », Manufacture de l'Ouest 1998 : « Nues et arbres secs », Ilford « Les Machines », Modern Art Museum, Freiburg, Germany
Editions
2001 : « La grande vie d'Alexandre Dumas », with Alain Ducasse, Gonzague Saint Bris, Lizbeth Kwik, éditions Minerva « Modèles », éditions Vent d'Ouest
Award : 1996 : Jury Ilford Prize in Black and White
Acquisitions : Picasso Administration Rodin Museum, Paris
