Ben Dauchez - Orientaliste Rouge #1

Red Orientalist Series #1
-Red Orientalist Title #1
-Fine Art Print 50x50, numbered and signed 1/10
Certificate of Authenticity

This photographic work captured in Marrakech is remarkable for its visual impact and bold composition. The fine art print perfectly highlights a traditional wall mural, transformed into a striking contemporary composition.
The choice of deep red as the dominant color creates an immediate dramatic tension. The white inscriptions, probably graffiti or ancient Arabic script, dance on this scarlet background with almost calligraphic grace, creating a fascinating dialogue between tradition and modernity.
This overprinting technique transforms what was already a beautiful composition into a work that is more complex and mysterious. The botanical motifs seem to dance around the lettering, creating a fascinating dialogue between the geometry of the letters and the fluidity of the arabesques.
The work on transparency is particularly successful, with areas where the different layers blend harmoniously, creating subtle variations in the red tones. This approach lends the image an almost dreamlike dimension, as if several temporal layers of the wall were superimposed.
As a fine art print, this visual complexity comes fully into its own, allowing you to appreciate every detail of the overlays and the richness of the textures created. It is a work that invites contemplation, gradually revealing its different layers of interpretation.
The large size of the print allows you to appreciate every detail of the textures and subtle variations in the red tones, demonstrating the artist's technical mastery in both shooting and in the editing and printing work.

Biography

Passionate about photography from a young age, Ben DAUCHEZ started in the neighborhood studios of La Rochelle. There he acquired all the basics of photography from classical technique, to shooting and retouching, including the laboratory. At 22, freshly graduated, he moved to Paris to perfect his training by becoming a set assistant for the Daguerre studios, Le Petit Oiseau va sortir and Studio Zéro. He had the chance to collaborate and assist the most talented photographers: Bettina RHEIMS, Patrick DEMARCHELIER, Terry RICHARDSON, Ellen VON UNWERTH, Marcus MAM... From certain decisive encounters were born beautiful projects and long collaborations, notably with André RAU, Bettina RHEIMS (the sulfurous INRI exhibition and its eponymous book at Editions Albin Michel) and Peter BEARD (Pirelli 2009 calendar in Botswana).
His photos are published, among others, in Editions Condé Nast (French and international), Première, WallPaper, ID, Madame Figaro, Lifestyles, Dandy Magazine... His universe also interests brands with very different identity codes for which he has signed the production of Institutional and/or advertising campaigns such as Dior (beauty), L'Oréal, Peugeot, Philip Morris or Burger King (Advertising awarded at the Dubai Lynx).

Ben DAUCHEZ has also produced numerous portraits of celebrities (IGGY POP, Woody HALLEN, Grace JONES, Jean DUJARDIN, Gilles LELLOUCHE, Olivier MARCHAL, Carole BOUQUET, Charlotte GAINSBOURG, ...), beauty, men of the world (Olivier DASSAULT, Jacques SEGUELA ...) and travelers...
This photographic path has since allowed him to freely immortalize the human, aesthetic, and spiritual beauty of each personality.