Fran\u00e7ois Halard (b. 1961, Paris, FR) is known for his photographs of interior spaces, architecture, and fashion, and his work is regularly featured in lifestyle magazines such as Vogue. Halard takes special interest in capturing elements of space and place in relation to the psychology of people. His so-called house portraits have been praised for their psychological intensity.<\/p>\n
Breaking free from the commercial framework, Halard\u2019s works show photographs made with a Polaroid camera, cropped, enlarged, eventually reworked \u2013 some of them partially recoated by words or lines, drops or patterns of wax, inks or oil paints. Remaining true to his photographic understanding that discloses a poetic sensibility and a personal history, Halard captures intricate details of statues, objects, furniture, the interplay of light and shadow that set the mood of a room, or an artist\u2019s blunt gaze. Through an appropriation of some of the historically most iconic imagery of painting \u2013 still life and the depiction of flowers laden with symbolism \u2013 Halard creates a homage to the act of painting in and through photography.<\/p>\n
Halard\u2019s artistic story is both an intimate, personal exploration and a reminiscence. His lens lends a sacred aura to the places it focuses on during his journey. Painterly interventions allow him to capture what photography alone does not allow him to capture. In this way he relates to the world, a world in which beauty is both a necessity and a virtue; it finds its highest expression in his \u2013 almost anthropological \u2013 explorations of our way of life.<\/p>\n
Halard studied at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and lives and works between Arles, Paris, Greece, and New York. He has had numerous significant solo exhibitions, including at Abbaye du Thoronet (2023), Sotheby\u2019s Paris (2023), and at H\u00f4tel des Arts Toulon (2020). Halard\u2019s work has been part of major group shows at institutions such as Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Art Contemporain d\u2019Avignon (2020), Maison Europ\u00e9enne de la Photographie in Paris (2012), and the Collection Lambert (2014). He has published widely acclaimed photography books, including Polaroids, The House That Jack Built (Steidl, 2015), and Fran\u00e7ois Halard Photographies (Rizzoli \u2013 Actes Sud, 2013). His photographs are represented in international private and institutional collections, including the Collection Lambert, the Maison Europ\u00e9enne de la Photographie, and Nicola Erni Collection.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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