Yohann Gozard (born 1977 in

Montluçon Montluçon (; oc, Montleçon ) is a commune in central France on the river Cher. It is the largest commune in the Allier department, although the department's prefecture is located in the smaller town of Moulins. Its inhabitants are known as ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

) is a French

fine-art photographer Fine-art photography is photography created in line with the vision of the photographer as artist, using photography as a medium for creative expression. The goal of fine-art photography is to express an idea, a message, or an emotion. This stand ...

. Most of its

photograph A photograph (also known as a photo, image, or picture) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are now create ...

s are landscapes caught in long or very

long exposure Long-exposure, time-exposure, or slow-shutter photography involves using a long-duration shutter speed to sharply capture the stationary elements of images while blurring, smearing, or obscuring the moving elements. Long-exposure photography ...

from the darkest prints of its "''Lumière noire''" series to the brightest pictures, as some of the "''Wonderpools''" series. Yohann Gozard has mostly showed its work in France but also in Belgium, Germany, Russia and Spain. After he lived and worked in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

from 1996 to 2018, he is currently living in

Sète Sète (; oc, Seta, ), also historically spelt ''Cette'' (official until 1928) and ''Sette'', is a commune in the Hérault department, in the region of Occitania, southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Sétois'' (male) and ''Sétoises' ...

. He teach photography at École supérieure des beaux-arts de Montpellier (MO.CO. Esba), from MO.CO. (Montpellier Contemporain),

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

Selected exhibitions

Solo

*2016 "Have blue", Galerie Vasistas,

, France. *2015 "Le paradoxe de la nuit noire", Galerie du Château d'eau, Toulouse, France. *2014 "Chronotope", ,

Labège Labège (; oc, Labeja) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 4,008. Geography Labège is a commune in the metropolitan area of Toulouse. Its urban core is loc ...

, France. *2009 "Lumière noire", Galerías Spectrum Sotos,

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

, Spain. *2008 "Pauses" and "Wonderpools", Galerie Dix9,

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, France. *2006 "Pauses", Galerie du Château d'Eau, Toulouse.

Group

*2020 "(Hinterland)", Centre d'art et de photographie de Lectoure, Lectoure, France *2014 "(Phosphene)", Pleonasm,

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, Belgium. *2013 "Ressources poétiques",

Musée des Abattoirs Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse, combines a museum of modern and contemporary art (''Musée'') and a regional collection of contemporary art (''Frac''). It is located in the French Occitanie region, in the city of Toulouse. ...

, Toulouse. *2010 "In the night",Photobiennale 2010
/ref> Proekt_Fabrika, Moscow House of Photography,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, Russia. *2009 "(sur)impression", Atelier Am Eck,

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

, Germany.

References

External links

* Yohann Gozard o
European Prospect
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Official website
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