Photo courtesy ©SH. Alem
"OFFER ENERGY, SERENITY and peace..."
Bruno Houdayer
BrunoHOUDAYER 51 yo Born in Orléans - France. Author-Photographer at " Village d’Auteuil in Paris".
Represented by Agency Voz’ Image for publishing rights
ADAGP France : droits de suite et collectifs
Experience and Background
Involved in visual creation for 20 years. After training in international commerce, Bruno Houdayer soon realized that creative work particularly inspired him, whether in merchandising or in the direction of corporate audiovisual projects.
He began his artistic career as an apprentice, working in the field of decoration, assisting Véronique Delacour of the Alvérone agency in the creation of luxury window displays, and Pierre Euzen in events management.
He learned the techniques of still photography by working alongside two photographers: Jean-Charles Recht (cosmetics and perfumes) and Stefan Kraus (luxury hotels).
This mastery of photographic tools paved the way for his own artistic career.
Since 2007, he has been a freelance author-photographer. In addition to his personal work, he specializes in art, decoration and design. He produces photographic reproductions of the creations and works of artists and craftsmen, as well as their portraits.
Bruno Houdayer, French artist defines himself as a visual creator. Since childhood Bruno has roamed the World in search of its inner untold stories. Photography is one of his main medium, but he perceives it in a plastic approach and practices it to discover « a photography in suspension, between the figurative and the abstract... ».
If he blurs the lines of the real image by emphasizing the colors, reinforcing the graphic lines and misleading with blurs, it is only to better share his vision with the audience and « install a strong but reassuring vital resonance between the images and the viewers. »
Each photograph is an opportunity to question the image, its essence, its function, and its message.
He sees his art as a three-way exchange, a sharing between the artist, the image and the viewer. He positions himself as a transmitter of emotions that he feels while photographing and that he incorporates into his work. He wants to evoke these emotions and share them with as many people as possible by exploring what is most pleasing about an image: a clever mix of light, texture and composition.
A deep desire for continuity between the serenity and energy he feels as an artist and that which settles in the heart of the viewer.
An invitation to make a break, to contemplate, to dream, to meditate, to recharge the batteries...
His own questioning of visual emotions goes back to his childhood.
At the age of 6, he accidentally discovered the principle of the pinhole camera, the camera obscura without aperture or lens. Hidden in a closet, he marveled at the projection of an often blurry, colorful, graphic, dancing and inverted image through the keyhole onto the wall.
From 2009 to 2012 he moved to Barcelona, where he continued his research in a sunny and colourful environment. He began the series SOFT (work on optical blur) CONCRETE WAVE, SEA SKY and IN THE WHITE.
The energy emanating from the works of Klein, Rothko and Kandinsky drives him to an obsessive search for aesthetics and perfect geometric shapes, as well as for the emotional and energetic power of colours.
The sources of inspiration : The light of the Mediterranean, which is often found in his works, recalls a childhood marked by churches and the filtered light of stained glass. This light, sacralized by human intervention, serves as a medium between the earthly and the divine. It corresponds to the aspirations of the photographer, who sees his work as a capture of energy.