Lionel DERIMAIS - Brouillard dans les rues de New-York, c. 1980






Has over ten years of experience in art, specialising in post-war photography and contemporary art.
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Lionel Derimais
Fog in the streets of New York, circa 1980
Silver gelatin print, later, 40 x 50 cm (margins included)
Lionel Derimais is a French photojournalist known for his street photography and reportage, carried out notably in New York, Tokyo, London, Beijing and several Asian countries. He studied photography at the International Center of Photography in the early 1980s.
His work is characterized by a humanist, documentary approach, attentive to everyday life and social change. Among his most notable series are:
• New York 1980, a record of the city before gentrification, produced during his study stay in New York.
• Tokyo Subway 1987, focused on Tokyo subway riders and published by Café Royal Books.
• Cultural Evolution: China 2005-2010, a study of the changes in Chinese society around and after the Beijing Olympics.
His photographs have appeared in numerous international media, including The New York Times, Le Monde, Paris Match and El País.
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Lionel Derimais
Fog in the streets of New York, circa 1980
Silver gelatin print, later, 40 x 50 cm (margins included)
Lionel Derimais is a French photojournalist known for his street photography and reportage, carried out notably in New York, Tokyo, London, Beijing and several Asian countries. He studied photography at the International Center of Photography in the early 1980s.
His work is characterized by a humanist, documentary approach, attentive to everyday life and social change. Among his most notable series are:
• New York 1980, a record of the city before gentrification, produced during his study stay in New York.
• Tokyo Subway 1987, focused on Tokyo subway riders and published by Café Royal Books.
• Cultural Evolution: China 2005-2010, a study of the changes in Chinese society around and after the Beijing Olympics.
His photographs have appeared in numerous international media, including The New York Times, Le Monde, Paris Match and El País.
