Dorian FRANCOIS
Introduction
Dorian François is based in Paris. Since 2005, he has travelled extensively throughout Asia where he has been working on numerous long-term projects. François's intense desire to travel has become firmly linked to a need to share his stories through the medium of photography and writing, wherein the notion of time is the principle element.
His work on the Indian island of Majuli has been shown at several galleries in Paris, the Phnom Penh Photo Festival and at the Delhi Photo Festival. His Mongolian work Ulan Bator was shown at the Angkor Photo Festival in Siem Reap, and short-listed twice for the Bourse du Talent Award. More recently, he was a finalist for the prestigious Prix Roger Pic for his series on China, Solitudes.
He is actually designing and self-publishing a series of ten books called Short-Stories.
Biography
Solo exhibitions
2017
- Solitudes, Art History Museum of Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France
- Déplacé, exhibition and signature of the 5th book of Short-Stories, baudoin lebon, Paris, France
2016
- La Barque, exhibition and signature of the 4th book of Short-Stories, Chez Bouli, Paris, France
- Gate Number Two, exhibition and signature of the third book of Short-Stories, Le Monte-en-l?air, Paris, France
2015
- Longwa, exhibition and signature of the second book of Short-Stories, En bas de la Colline, Paris, France
2010
- Cosmos Gallery, Paris, France
Group exhibitions
2017
- India Art Fair, with baudoin lebon, New Dehli, India
- Solitudes, with baudoin lebon, Mois de la Photographie, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2015
- Chemins, Biennale de la Photographie de Tenerife, Casa de la Cultura, Tacoronte, Canaries, Spain
- Festival Visa Pour l?Image, Perpignan, France
- Majuli, Dehli Photo Festival, Dehli, India
2013
- Majuli, Dehli Photo Festival, Dehli, India
2012
- UB, Angkor Photo Festival, Siemreap, Cambodia
2009
- PPP Festival, Cambodge
Awards
2012 : Price Bourse au Talent #49, selected for UB, Photographie.com, Paris, France
2013 : Price Bourse au Talent #53, finalist with Mongolie, un voyage inattendu, Photographie.com, Paris, France
2015 : Price Roger Pic for Solitudes, Scam, Paris, France
Publications
2017
- Déplacé, Short-Stories #4, Jun 2017, Paris, France
- Solitudes, art edition, Les éditions du silence, March 2017, Paris, France
2016
- Majuli, photo-essay, The Caravan Magazine, New Dehli, India
- Carte Blanche, interview and portfolio, ActuPhoto
- Fauve, reportage (texts and photos), Les Inrocks magazine, n°1061, France
- Gate Number Two, Short-Stories #3, January 2016, Paris, France
- La Barque, Short-Stories #4, October 2016, Paris, France
2015
- Chronique d'un temps qui passe, portfolio onligne, Private Magazine, France
- December, Short-Stories #1, Jun 2015, Paris, France
- Longwa, Short-Stories #2, August 2015, Paris, France
2014
- UB, portfolio onligne, Oltre il Muro, Italy
- Solitudes, portfolio onligne, Private Magazine
2013
- Majuli, portfolio onligne, Private Magazine, New Dehli, India
- Portfolio onligne, Emako magazine
Exhibitions
