Following the sudden death from cancer of French photographer Ronan Guillou, who passed away in Nice on October 16th 2022, several days before his 54th birthday, a tribute to his life and work will take place in Paris on 8 November 2022. Several friends and professionals who played a key role in Ronan Guillou’s career will give a short speech, followed by a projection of selected photographs and short films by Ronan.
Born in 1968 in Bouar, in the Central African Republic, to a family with strong Breton roots, Ronan lived and worked in Paris, travelling often for assignment and spending as much time as he could by the sea, particularly in the Brittany village of Roscoff where he loved sailing with his childhood friends. After a first job as a FNAC salesperson in the Paris suburb of Cergy, then as an assistant photographer, Ronan Guillou’s first mentor was Australian photograher Patric Shaw who encouraged him to develop his own activity. Thus in 1997 Ronan began working independently as a professional photographer, represented from the outset by PHOM agency in Paris. From the early 2000s and along commissioned projects, Ronan began his first personal photographic research, exploring the heart of American urban landscapes. From then on, the USA would become central to his personal work, and he would travel there once a year for the next 20 years. The entire body of this work is entitled American Narratives.
