Digitally enhanced portraits to create other worlds.
I grew up between a dark room and a stage in Paris, France. I was lucky enough to hang out in theaters during rehearsals and assist my father in the darkroom and hear him explain his process.
My love is underwater photography and I find an everlasting pool of ideas when I shoot in that environment. The process of shooting without oxygen allows me to tune out the world and focus on the moment. It is almost a state of meditation and I cherish my shoots.
The second step is Photoshop where the image gets shaped and a story unfolds. My work has been described as surreal, ethereal and painterly.
Awards Contact me for any print request at sasseefrench@gmail.com
EXHIBITIONS:
· The Other Art Fair in Santa Monica CA, from Sept 5-8, 2019
· Beverly Hills Art Show May 2019.
· Photo Independent 2018 from Nov 8-11 at the Carrousel du Louvres, Paris.
· Photo Independent 2018 from Oct 5-7 at the Reef DTLA
· Cross Currents exhibit with Saatchi Art July 2016-present Santa Monica
· Studio Five08 gallery in Santa Monica CA 2015
· 11:11 gallery in Tarzana CA July 2014- August 2014
· Serendipity group show with Create Fixate
· group show with Cannibal Flowers
· Los Angeles Mobile Arts Festival
· Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
· Mobile Photo expo
· IPA quarterly
2019: Honorable Mention in the Fine Art Special Effect category at the Tokyo International Foto Awards for my series Pieces of me
2019: First prize for photography at the Beverly Hills Art Show
2018: International Photo Awards Professional digitally enhanced honorable mention.
2016: International Photo Awards-Non professional digitally enhanced. Third Place for this series and honorable mention for that one.
2016: Moscow International Foto awards (MIFA) Honorable mention digitally enhanced category.
2016: PX3 2016 Honorable Mentions for Reflections series and beneath the surface
2015: PX3 2015 Honorable Mentions for Self portraits and Dreams series
2015: Discovery of the year ND Awards 2015 for beneath the surface series.
2015: 3rd Place winner in Amateur Fine art special effect category at Moscow Photo Awards
2015: ShortlistLICC (London International Creative Competition) for Les poupees series
2015: featured in Fubiz.net website on Oct 6. Article here
2015: Featured in My Modern met website on Oct 5. Article here
2015: IPA Honorable mention in the non professional fine art and non professional digitally enhanced for Beneath the surface series
2015: The exposure award dream collection book
2014: AX3 (American Aperture Awards)
