Ben Dauchez - Cloudy Se&

Original Fine Art photograph – Ben Dauchez

Between sky and sea, Cloudy Sea offers a poetic exploration of the horizon and its reflections.

In this composition with deep blue and white tones, the clouds seem to extend into the ocean, creating a game of superimpositions and transparencies. The sky and the sea answer each other, mingle, and become almost indivisible.

The graphic work on textures, overlays, and the different layers of the image gives this photograph an almost painterly dimension. The clouds take on a sculptural form, as if suspended between two worlds.

Through this work, Ben Dauchez explores the boundary between photography and abstraction, between real landscape and imagined perception.

Cloudy Sea is an invitation to contemplation, escape, and inner journey.

Limited edition 50x50 Fine Art, signed, delivered with an authenticity certificate, unframed

Passionate about photography from a young age, Ben DAUCHEZ began in the neighborhood studios of La Rochelle. There, he learned the full range of classic photographic techniques, from shooting to retouching and processing in the darkroom. At 22, freshly graduated, he moved to Paris to perfect his training by becoming a set/plateau assistant for the Daguerre studios, Le Petit Oiseau va sortir, and Studio Zéro. He had the chance to collaborate with and assist some of the most talented photographers: Bettina RHEIMS, Patrick DEMARCHELIER, Terry RICHARDSON, Ellen VON UNWERTH, Marcus MAM... From several decisive encounters came beautiful projects and long collaborations, notably with André RAU, Bettina RHEIMS (the sultry INRI exhibition and its eponymous book at Editions Albin Michel) and Peter BEARD (Pirelli Calendar 2009 in Botswana).

His photos have been published, among others, by Condé Nast Editions (French and international), Première, WallPaper, ID, Madame Figaro, Lifestyles, Dandy Magazine... His world also interests brands with very different identities, for which he has signed Institutional and/or advertising campaigns such as Dior (beauty), L'Oréal, Peugeot, Philip Morris, and 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, ...) of beauty, cosmopolitan men (Olivier DASSAULT, Jacques SEGUELA...) and travelers...
This photographic path has since allowed him to freely immortalize the human beauty, aesthetics, and spiritual essence of each personality.