Vincent Fournier
Flowers . Still life . Portrait . Landscape
Vincent Fournier, born in 1970 in Ouagadougou, is a French photographic artist whose work explores the imaginary of the future, that of yesterday and ...
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Vincent Fournier, born in 1970 in Ouagadougou, is a French photographic artist whose work explores the imaginary of the future, that of yesterday and ...
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VINCENT FOURNIER
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Vincent Fournier is a French artist who explores significant mythologies of the future such as space exploration, utopian architecture, artificial intelligence, living transformation… In his imaginary archives, one's memory works both ways, in the past but also in the future. A world where you can remember things before they happen.
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, BRASILIA
KJELL HENRIKSEN OBSERVATORY, NORWAY
SPACEPORT AMERICA, NEW MEXICO
TOKYO STORM SEWER SYSTEM, JAPAN
After being awarded a diploma in both sociology and visual arts, he studied at the National School of Photography in Arles, worked several years as creative director and photographer in the advertising and movie industry before leaving for a great trip around the world.
PORTRAIT
SHATI SADAN HOUSE, AHMEDABAD, INDIA
PORTRAIT
ADVERTISING, BEIJING, CHINA
He realized then his first series, TOUR OPERATOR, which put the bases of his photographic style: contrasts of scale, sharp architectural composition, precision of the aestheticism, mastery of natural light, interest in paradoxical situations embodying tension and irony…
WHITE SAND DESERT, PICNIC AREA, NEW MEXICO
SNOWSCAPE, SVALBARD ARCHIPELAGO, NORWAY
NOOR, OUARZAZATE, MOROCCO
MENDENHALL GLACIER, JUNEAU, ALASKA
SPACE PROJECT is his founding project, a genuine world tour of the most emblematic space research centers. “My work is very freely inspired by the dream and mystery that scientific and technological utopias resonate in the collective imagination”
SOUSY SVALBARD RADAR, NORWAY
REVERBERANT ACOUSTIC TEST FACILITY, OHIO
SPACE HELMET, NASA, FLORIDA
MARS DESERT RESEARCH STATION, UTAH
GENERAL BORIS, YURI GARGARIN C.TC., RUSSIA
SPACE UTOPIA, published by RIZZOLI, is a journey through the history of space exploration... from the memories of the Apollo program that followed the first steps of man on the moon, to the future NASA SLS rocket destined for Mars.
Artificial intelligence and robotics will become his other playground with THE MAN MACHINE series. This project is a reflection on how artificial creatures such as robots or other avatars can evolve in our day-to-day life.
INMOOV, OPEN SOURCE,3D-PRINTED ROBOT
MURATA BOY, NAGAOKAKYO-100 SHI, KYOTO, JAPAN
REEM B, BARCELONA, SPAIN
KOBIAN ROBOT, WASEDA UNIVERSITY, TOKYO
KOSMIC MEMORIES reveals extraordinary architectures, veritable totems of civilization of the future erected as so many signs of a possible elsewhere.
OSTRA, KOSMIC MEMORIES
KADINJACA, KOSMIC MEMORIES
BUZLUDZHA, KOSMIC MEMORIES
BRASILIA, A TIME CAPSULE - The Brazilian capital designed by Oscar Niemeyer and built in the middle of a desert, embodies the vision of the future of the 60s. The horizontality of the city contributes to attracting our gaze to the infinite.
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF BRASIL, BRASILIA
THE ITAMARATY PALACE, PANEL BY ATHOS BULCAO
THE ITAMARATY PALACE, SPIRAL STAIRS
FACADE OF THE CLAUDIO SANTORO NATIONAL THEATER
POST NATURAL HISTORY raises the question of the possible mutations of living organisms by technology and in particular biological engineering.
DRAGONFLY, VOLATILE INORGANIC-SENSITIVE ANIMAL
THE FLESH FLOWERS, ASTERAE
SCORPION USED FOR SEMI AUTOMATED SURGERY
THE UNBREAKABLE HEART - RUBIS COMPOSITE
If the photography remains his medium of preference, 3D printing, video or installations can accompany his projects.
His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum New York, LVMH Foundation Paris, Centre Pompidou Paris, and the Mori Art Museum Tokyo.
ROBOTIC JELLY FISH DRONE, MORI ART MUSEUM, TOKYO
SPACE PROJECT, THE MET, NEW YORK
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