Ben Dauchez - Orientaliste Rouge #1

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

This photographic work captured in Marrakech is remarkable for its visual strength and bold composition. The fine art print perfectly highlights a traditional mural fresco, 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 writings, dance across this scarlet background with an almost calligraphic grace, creating a fascinating dialogue between tradition and modernity.
This overprinting technique transforms what was already a beautiful composition into a more complex and mysterious work. The vegetal motifs seem to dance around the writings, 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 shades of red. This approach brings an almost dreamlike dimension to the image, as if multiple temporalities of the wall were superimposed.
As a fine art print, this visual complexity takes on its full scope, allowing one to appreciate every detail of the superpositions 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 appreciation of every detail of the textures and subtle variations in the shades of red, demonstrating the artist's technical mastery both in photography and in editing and printing work.

Biography

Passionate about photography from a very young age, Ben DAUCHEZ started in neighborhood studios in La Rochelle. There, he learned all the basics of photography—from traditional techniques, shooting, and retouching, to laboratory work. At 22, freshly graduated, he moved to Paris to further his training by becoming an assistant on set for Daguerre Studios, Le Petit Oiseau Va Sortir, and Studio Zéro. He was fortunate to collaborate with and assist some of the most talented photographers: Bettina RHEIMS, Patrick DEMARCHELIER, Terry RICHARDSON, Ellen VON UNWERTH, Marcus MAM... Certain pivotal encounters led to beautiful projects and long-term collaborations, notably with André RAU, Bettina RHEIMS (the provocative exhibition INRI and its eponymous book published by Editions Albin Michel), and Peter BEARD (2009 Pirelli 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 directed institutional and/or advertising campaigns such as Dior (beauty), L'Oréal, Peugeot, Philip Morris, or Burger King (awarded advertising at Dubai Lynx).

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