About Dominique Poilpré
French Photographer of Life
Dominique Poilpré began his career in the 80’s in the fashion and advertising industry. Born in 1949 in Mamers (Sarthe, France), Dominique Poilpré, a great photographer of art and fashion, also defines hirnself as a photographer of life, in the footsteps of his Masters such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Doisneau. A fan of black-and-white photography, he likes to give images this timelessness that transforms fugitive time into a piece of eternity. He favours beauty, Sculpts with its light the charm, the forms, to better unearth these gestures, these glances, these moments that transcend today to restore the being in its timeless truth. Precious fugitive moments, precious because ephemeral, metamorphosed into plots of eternity by a subtle exploitation of black and white seizing the inexpressible even in its slightest nuances. Dominique Poilpré, a great photographer, is searching for these moments that reveal humanity in all its authenticity, He continues his career today on very personal collections, always in the respect of his Art and faithful to his Work.