Portrait nominee

Men and women are sometimes inhabited by a passion that leaves them only the choice to live it. This passion is facetious and depending on the case, it feeds them, exhausts them, and builds them.
"Every man in his night goes to his light." If this allegory of Victor Hugo seems to be the goal for many of us, it takes all its strength for people living their passion. Entering into their intimacy pushes us to question ourselves, to go beyond the limits of our own darkness, to register in the present, in order to find the necessary meaning for the fulfillment of our lives.
What would life be without passion?
For Cerise/ young dancer, Jean-Luc/ architect, Serge/ artisan confectioner, Christine/ olive oil grower and Jean/ Fisherman, the answer is "something meaningless", "boring", "nothingness ".

Patrick Desgraupes is a French photographer. He has trained on the job in different Parisian studios and in labs, in which he acquired an understanding of light, one of the strong traits of his current works. He made photographs of portrait, fashion, decoration, architecture and still life. His work has been published since 2004 at Editions de la Martinière (his book on the National Parks of France gets the second place at the National Tourism Award in 2010 in Paris), in numerous magazines and brochures. He has become a recognized landscape specialist in the 4x5 inches large format camera, and his work has been published in the USA and in 7 European countries. He has made numerous exhibitions in Iceland, Belgium, France for the National Parks of France and the Ministry of Ecology, in Slovenia, on the island of Reunion and in Guadeloupe.His photographs testify to his passion for light.
He currently lives and works in France