Architecture 2nd place winner

Romain Thiery, living near Montpellier, France, is an artist photographer born in 1988. Romain is an amateur pianist who started learning the piano at the age of 5. He started photography about 15 years ago as a result of his mother's work in heritage photography.

Faced with Romain Thiery’s lens, these great houses have lost their glory. However, lurking in the shadows, astonishing wood and cast iron monsters with lacquered skin display their toothless smiles with ivory reflections. These pianos are the soul of the place that the photographer unceasingly tracks down « even in the middle of a ruined space, the piano never ceases to preserve its power. He is there, he thrones with all his nobility. » The production of this series doesn’t leave anything to chance. It offers Romain Thiery the privilege of combining two passions, image and music.

Romain Thiery believes that the piano is deeply rooted in the depths of our culture and has sought to explore the instrument from an original angle. This research has led him to visit much of Europe and the United States.
The series resulting from Romain Thiery's work is entitled "Requiem pour Pianos".

Romain Thiery, a native of France who lives in Montpellier, is a self-taught professional photographer, born 1988. Romain is an amateur piano player starting learning piano at the age of 5. Starting photography following the work of his mother specialized in heritage photography. That hobby turned into a passion and a profession the day he found a forgotten piano in an abandoned castle.
Romain Thiery believes the piano to be, in his own words, « deeply rooted in the depths of our culture » and sought to explore the instrument from an original angle. He made his life’s mission to combine his two biggest passions and set out to find abandoned mansions around Europe where old pianos had been left behind. The series that emerged from Thiery’s work is called « Requiem pour pianos ».
During the last years he has won international photography awards from different competitions, and photography festival including the Israel Photography festival, Photographer of the Year at the Moscow International Foto Awards, and finalist at the LosAngeles Center Digital for Art. His solo exhibitions have been seen in many countries such as France, United States, Israel, Norway, Germany, Slovenia, France, Switzerland, Spain, and United Kingdom.