Locationparis, France, Metropolitan
Member SinceFebruary 25, 2019
Bruno Fournier
Bruno Fournier is an analog photographer based in Paris, France, primarily working with a Hasselblad 500cm. He grew up in le Jura, France’s countryside, near Switzerland.
A self-taught photographer, Bruno began creating art at the age of twenty-two. He started working as an assistant to other photographers, learning photography techniques, and eventually picking up the trade himself. This experience led to a career in advertising and the fashion photography field. Working for magazines such as Jalouse, Marie-Claire, Madame Figaro, VS Mag, Icon. Spoon, Flaunt, Surface, Urban, and Vogue Gioiello. His work in fashion ultimately led him to pursue his first photographic project with nude models—a project that he continues doing to this day.
After several years of working in fashion, Bruno began to look for a theme to pursue a personal project. Working with motion shots at the time, it was an obvious choice for him to explore the same idea in the studio but include nude models. And, as he pursued his movement project further, his shoots moved to the outdoors.
Bruno Fournier uses his photography as a medium to convey the various qualities of the naked human form—power, humor, and eroticism—by exploring the movement and energy within.He enjoys using unexpected accessories and props. Aside from photography, he also enjoys working with collages.
Bruno’s work takes inspiration from the work of acclaimed photographers such as Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Martin Munkácsi, and Guy Bourdin. However, he attributes the city of Paris as his biggest influence—specifically museums, galleries, and classic movie theaters that inspire him daily.
His creative process consists of pursuing his ideas, with no hesitation, as loud music plays in the background, allowing for his artistic expression to flow while he works. A typical day in the studio for Bruno Fournier includes him finessing ideas, finding a nude model, and an outdoor setting to shoot in. He often allows for ideas to continue developing during the shoot, sometimes ending in a different direction.
However, he constantly develops his Amazon’s series, which showcases the power found in the nude female form. He describes his Amazons as “tough women who brandish their nakedness as a symbol of absolute freedom, in the struggle against a coercive world.” Bruno considers his shoots, both indoor and outdoor, and resulting photographs to be his favorite projects, some of the shots being iconic to his career, and even considering “Guerre Froide” to be his masterpiece.
Nevertheless, he considers the opportunity to keep doing photography his biggest accomplishment. And, hopes to continue pursuing his personal projects and have them displayed in exhibitions. Even in more publications such as his book, Bataille, which encompasses a retrospective of Bruno’s over the last fifteen years. Bruno's work has participated in exhibitions around France's galleries, ateliers, and installations. In addition, in 2018 he participated in the European Festival of Nude Photography.
There is no subject matter that Bruno Fournier will not explore with his photography as he continues to capture the complexity of the human’s inner emotions.
A self-taught photographer, Bruno began creating art at the age of twenty-two. He started working as an assistant to other photographers, learning photography techniques, and eventually picking up the trade himself. This experience led to a career in advertising and the fashion photography field. Working for magazines such as Jalouse, Marie-Claire, Madame Figaro, VS Mag, Icon. Spoon, Flaunt, Surface, Urban, and Vogue Gioiello. His work in fashion ultimately led him to pursue his first photographic project with nude models—a project that he continues doing to this day.
After several years of working in fashion, Bruno began to look for a theme to pursue a personal project. Working with motion shots at the time, it was an obvious choice for him to explore the same idea in the studio but include nude models. And, as he pursued his movement project further, his shoots moved to the outdoors.
Bruno Fournier uses his photography as a medium to convey the various qualities of the naked human form—power, humor, and eroticism—by exploring the movement and energy within.He enjoys using unexpected accessories and props. Aside from photography, he also enjoys working with collages.
Bruno’s work takes inspiration from the work of acclaimed photographers such as Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Martin Munkácsi, and Guy Bourdin. However, he attributes the city of Paris as his biggest influence—specifically museums, galleries, and classic movie theaters that inspire him daily.
His creative process consists of pursuing his ideas, with no hesitation, as loud music plays in the background, allowing for his artistic expression to flow while he works. A typical day in the studio for Bruno Fournier includes him finessing ideas, finding a nude model, and an outdoor setting to shoot in. He often allows for ideas to continue developing during the shoot, sometimes ending in a different direction.
However, he constantly develops his Amazon’s series, which showcases the power found in the nude female form. He describes his Amazons as “tough women who brandish their nakedness as a symbol of absolute freedom, in the struggle against a coercive world.” Bruno considers his shoots, both indoor and outdoor, and resulting photographs to be his favorite projects, some of the shots being iconic to his career, and even considering “Guerre Froide” to be his masterpiece.
Nevertheless, he considers the opportunity to keep doing photography his biggest accomplishment. And, hopes to continue pursuing his personal projects and have them displayed in exhibitions. Even in more publications such as his book, Bataille, which encompasses a retrospective of Bruno’s over the last fifteen years. Bruno's work has participated in exhibitions around France's galleries, ateliers, and installations. In addition, in 2018 he participated in the European Festival of Nude Photography.
There is no subject matter that Bruno Fournier will not explore with his photography as he continues to capture the complexity of the human’s inner emotions.
Group Exhibitions
2019 - THIS IS LUST art exhibition, Toronto, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
April 2019
Galerie 17 Mai /Paris
Presentation of Champs de Bataille which is an installation/scenography of big prints sticked on the wall and differents accessories I used in my photos laid down on the floor
August 2018
Le Nouvel Atelier
Presentation of Champs de Bataille which is an installation/scenography of big prints sticked on the wall and differents accessories I used in my photos laid down on the floor
July 2018
Café-littéraire Gallery La Belle Hortense/Paris
Exhibition of the Amazons in this very French café-gallery in the Marais,the heart of Paris
Mai 2018
European Festival of Nude Photography in Arles,from the 8th to the 13rt of May 2018
Presentation of Champs de Bataille which is an installation/scenography of big prints sticked on the wall and differents accessories I used in my photos laid down on the floor
April 2018
Exhibition of the Amazons in Reims at the Corner Tailor,an opposition between naked women dressed with accessories and the univers very chic and very masculin
November 2017
Le Petit Oiseau va sortir/Paris
Presentation of Champs de Bataille which is an installation/scenography of big prints sticked on the wall and differents accessories I used in my photos laid down on the floor
October 2017
Release of my first art book,Bataille,who represents some of the photos I have been taken over 15 years about this project : the Amazons
August 2017
Café-littéraire Gallery La Belle Hortense/Paris
Exhibition of the Amazons in this very French café-gallery in the Marais,the heart of Paris
June 2017
Gallery Rare Tempo,Denver ,Colorado,USA
Exhibition of 3 photos with the theme : Naturally Weird
January 2017
Café-littéraire Gallery La Belle Hortense/Paris
Exhibition of the Amazons in this very French café-gallery in the Marais,the heart of Paris
March 2016
GSTK/Paris
Exhibition of the Amazons
August 2010
Hetier Factory
Naked women in a wild environment
Exhibition of the Amazons
October 2011
Galerie 103/Paris
Corps abandonés
List of group exhibitions/shows:
2019 - THIS IS LUST art exhibition, Toronto, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
April 2019
Galerie 17 Mai /Paris
Presentation of Champs de Bataille which is an installation/scenography of big prints sticked on the wall and differents accessories I used in my photos laid down on the floor
August 2018
Le Nouvel Atelier
Presentation of Champs de Bataille which is an installation/scenography of big prints sticked on the wall and differents accessories I used in my photos laid down on the floor
July 2018
Café-littéraire Gallery La Belle Hortense/Paris
Exhibition of the Amazons in this very French café-gallery in the Marais,the heart of Paris
Mai 2018
European Festival of Nude Photography in Arles,from the 8th to the 13rt of May 2018
Presentation of Champs de Bataille which is an installation/scenography of big prints sticked on the wall and differents accessories I used in my photos laid down on the floor
April 2018
Exhibition of the Amazons in Reims at the Corner Tailor,an opposition between naked women dressed with accessories and the univers very chic and very masculin
November 2017
Le Petit Oiseau va sortir/Paris
Presentation of Champs de Bataille which is an installation/scenography of big prints sticked on the wall and differents accessories I used in my photos laid down on the floor
October 2017
Release of my first art book,Bataille,who represents some of the photos I have been taken over 15 years about this project : the Amazons
August 2017
Café-littéraire Gallery La Belle Hortense/Paris
Exhibition of the Amazons in this very French café-gallery in the Marais,the heart of Paris
June 2017
Gallery Rare Tempo,Denver ,Colorado,USA
Exhibition of 3 photos with the theme : Naturally Weird
January 2017
Café-littéraire Gallery La Belle Hortense/Paris
Exhibition of the Amazons in this very French café-gallery in the Marais,the heart of Paris
March 2016
GSTK/Paris
Exhibition of the Amazons
August 2010
Hetier Factory
Naked women in a wild environment
Exhibition of the Amazons
October 2011
Galerie 103/Paris
Corps abandonés
List of group exhibitions/shows:
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