Lionel Derimais - “Pierre French Ice Cream”, Manhattan, New-York, c. 1980






Over 35 years' experience; former gallery owner and Museum Folkwang curator.
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Lionel Derimais, “Pierre French Ice Cream”, a gelatin silver print from 1980, 30 x 40 cm (margins included), edition 1/8, signed by hand, in excellent condition, an urban landscape photograph sold by Galerie.
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Lionel DERIMAIS
“Pierre French Ice Cream”, Manhattan, New York, c. 1980
Silver gelatin print later 30 x 40 cm (including margins)
Lionel Derimais is a French documentary photographer known for his street and reportage work, notably in New York, Tokyo, London, Beijing, and in 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 daily life and social transformations. Among his most notable series are:
• New York 1980, a testament to the city before its gentrification, made 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 changes in Chinese society around and after the Beijing Olympics.
His photographs have been published in numerous international media, including The New York Times, Le Monde, Paris Match and El País.
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Lionel DERIMAIS
“Pierre French Ice Cream”, Manhattan, New York, c. 1980
Silver gelatin print later 30 x 40 cm (including margins)
Lionel Derimais is a French documentary photographer known for his street and reportage work, notably in New York, Tokyo, London, Beijing, and in 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 daily life and social transformations. Among his most notable series are:
• New York 1980, a testament to the city before its gentrification, made 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 changes in Chinese society around and after the Beijing Olympics.
His photographs have been published in numerous international media, including The New York Times, Le Monde, Paris Match and El País.
