Philippe Echaroux
French photographer and street artist
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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]
Philippe Echaroux | |
|---|---|
Autoportrait | |
| Born | 26 June 1983 |
| Awards | The international DIOR Competition Award for Photography |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Photography |
| Notes | |
inventor of concept Street Art 2.0 | |
Photography career
Echaroux is a portrait photographer. He holds a diploma as a specialist educator.[5][6] He specialises in less than one minute celebrity portraitures.[7] He has photographed celebrities Zinedine Zidane,[8] Jonny Wilkinson, Gary Dourdan, and Fatboy Slim. He made the last portrait of the footballer Johan Cruyff.[9]
Since 2014 he has projected his portraits at a large scale, in site-specific exhibitions, calling them "Street Art 2.0".[10] In 2015 he made an intervention during the Contemporary Art Bienale in La Havane, Cuba.[11] In 2016, Echaroux premiered his work in the rainforest in Amazonia.[12][13][14][15]
Echaroux spoke at a local TEDx Marseille conference in October 2016.[16]
Awards
Publications
- Gueules du Rugby: Qu'est-ce qu'elles ont nos Gueules ?. 2JP, 2015. ISBN 9782746680616.