In 1998, Stéphane Lavoué spent two years living in the Brazilian Amazon, where he was responsible for purchasing wood for a French industrial group. There, he discovered the work of Sebastião Salgado and decided to become a photographer.
In 1998, Stéphane Lavoué spent two years living in the Brazilian Amazon, where he was responsible for purchasing wood for a French industrial group. There, he discovered the work of Sebastião Salgado and decided to become a photographer.
After a few years of reporting, tired of chasing the news, he turned to portraiture and "framed" artists, politicians, actors and intellectuals (notably Pierre Soulages, Salman Rushdie, François Hollande and Vladimir Putin).
Associated with the Comédie Française, Stéphane Lavoué produces official portraits of the troupe and his images illustrate the seasonal programs.
2018 winner of the Prix Nièpce Gens d'Images and finalist for the 2018 Leica Oskar Barnack Prize.
Some works:
2020: The Black Months - Editions 77
2019: The Lodges of French - Editions Gallimard
2018: Tribe - with Bertrand Meunier and Patrick Tourneboeuf - Editions Filigranes
2017: The Kingdom - Editions 77
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