Jean-Pierre Domingue
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Jean-Pierre Domingue | |
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| Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Photographer |
Jean-Pierre Domingue (born in Montreal) is a French-Canadian photographer. He began his career in fashion photography and publicity at the age of 19. Following this commercial fashion career of 25 years, in 2010 has dedicated his practice to art photography.
Jean Pierre Domingue was born to parents of Canadian origin with Sicilian, Basque and Mohawk progeny, and has three sons.[citation needed] He found his early inspiration in photography magazines such as Camera and Zoom.
He left Montreal for Paris at age 18 to meet the fashion photographer Guy Bourdin, having discovered his work in the magazine Photo. Following several early fruitless attempts, he finally met him by chance .[1] He became the assistant of Guy Bourdin, and through this position gained experience.[2][3] During his return to Montreal, from 1981 to 1984 Jean-Pierre Domingue opened his own studio and was published in several magazines, as well as worked in publicity.[4]