“We have never been confronted by such images, which are so direct, so devoid of romanticism and yet so sensitive at the same time. Pin-Fat presents his work in gigantic albums, which refer more to the format of ‘real’ cinema than to documentary, emphasizing the fascinating aspect of his generous as well as disturbing approach. Finding the same chaos that shakes the world in the organization of his own work, Olivier Pin-Fat seems to wish to force us to ask ourselves what is ‘really’ happening around us.” – Christian Caujolle, writer, curator, photography critic & founder of Gallery VU and Agence VU.
Olivier Pin-Fat’s work has been exhibited internationally, including Gallery VU (Paris), Noordelicht (Holland, 2000 & 2011), Photo Espana 2001 (Madrid), Paris Photo (2000, 2005 & 2007), Foto Biennale of Rotterdam (Nederlands Foto Instituut, 2000), Pingyao and Lianzhou International Photo Festivals 2001 & 2006 (China), Agnes B (London), The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Recontres Internationales de Photographie (Arles, France), Le Centre d’Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie (France), Le Centre National des Arts Plastiques (Paris, 2008), ‘(About) Photography Gallery’ (1996, Bangkok), ‘(About) Studio’ (Bangkok, 1998), Kathmandu Photo Gallery (2007 & 2010 – Bangkok), & The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (2009, 2010, 2011), H-Gallery (2010, 2011), OED Gallery (India, 2010) and the Festival Internazionale di Roma (2010) – to mention a few.
It has appeared in leading international publications, anthologies, and books as well as in numerous international private collections.
From 1998 until 2008, he was a member of ‘Gallery VU’ and ‘Agence VU’ in Paris and joined ‘prospekt’ in 2009.
His work is “founded on a great visual freedom, a sense of urgency” – images from the ‘real’ which have “a sensitive, astonishing, fictional and lyrical dimension.”
“Unceasingly seeking to repudiate the limits of direct representation to favour impressionism, questioning an unstable universe, his images are unclassifiable.” – Christian Caujolle.
He develops his own film, and hand prints his own imagery.
In May 2009, his book “DEAD LIGHT, BONE DRY” was shortlisted for “The European Publishers Award for Photography” and will be published shortly.
He continues to work and live and in Asia.
LIBERTY GARDEN HOTEL
by Olivier Pin-Fat. Bangkok, Thailand. May 2010 and November 2011. ” In May 2010, a political ‘rupture’ blistered and burnt Bangkok. This bloody disaster left at least 90 people dead — mostly civilians — and nearly 1,900 injured. Protesters were shot … Continue reading
DEAD LIGHT
by Olivier Pin-Fat. 2004 – 2010. 1. Light that no longer moves, is mummified – phantasmal energy. 2. Extremely whimsical. Not to be taken with too much gravity or seriousness. photo gallery | multimedia
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DEAD LIGHT – MULTIMEDIA
by Olivier Pin-fat. 1. Light that no longer moves, is mummified – phantasmal energy. 2. Extremely whimsical. Not to be taken with too much gravity or seriousness. Night of the Year 2011, Rencontres d’Arles. 8th july 2011 Editing: Valeria Cardi … Continue reading