Jean Pierre Berriau, photographer born in 1936. From Tunisia where is started his career aged 16 for la Dépêche Tunisiene, to Algeria and then Paris where he worked during all his career for the French press of Mr Lazareff, Filipacchi, Lagardère. From 1978 and in parallel, he developped his talents into old photo processing : platinium – palladium applied to his own photos. Famous US photographer Irving Penn was the one who was found of this delicate and expensive technique.
Several exhibitions in Paris, Nantes, Berlin; A donation was made in 1980 to the Museum of Batz sur Mer, a series on salt flats and another set is kept by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
This is the second exhibition that the Gallery dedicates to this artist who passed away in 2014.
Jean-Pierre Berriau – Illusion
March 24th – May 12th
ByCHATEL
58 rue des Tournelles
75003 Paris
