AGENDA
September 23 to October 7, 2019 Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts Shenyang, China collective exhibition
July 13 to September 21, 2019 1905 gallery Shenyang, China collective exhibition
October 21 to 28, 2018 SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES (Paris - France) Parc Floral de Paris Château de Vincennes collective exhibition
June 8th - June 27th, 2018 PRAXIS GALLERY THE ABSTRACT IMAGE (Minneapolis - USA) collective exhibition
From October 12 to December 7, 2017 ARTEPPES - ESPACE D'ART COMTEMPORAIN (ANNECY - France) collective exhibition
From September 29 to December 1, 2017 11 EME BIENNALE D'ART SACRE ACTUEL (Lyon - France) collective exhibition
October 15 to 22, 2017 SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES (Paris - France) Parc Floral de Paris Château de Vincennes collective exhibition
October 2 to 13, 2017 CERCLE DES ARTS DU BIT (GENEVE) Salle des Colonnades Route des Morillons 4 (Genève - Switzerland) collective exhibition
NATURAL ABSTRACTIONS
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beauty can arise where you least expect it
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I call "natural abstractions" abstract forms created solely by time, nature and the elements. They are ephemeral traces, largely discovered while exploring abandoned urban areas such as industrial wasteland, junkyards and unfinished worksites which show us that beauty can arise where you least expect it.
This project has been awarded numerous international prizes and received the label COP 21.
OTHER PROJECTS
PAREIDOLIA
A pareidolia is a kind of optical illusion which associates a visual stimulus with an identifiable object, often a human being or an animal. The human brain is particularly inclined to recognize a face whenever an object looks similar to it.
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This serie is part of the exhibition Natural Abstraction.
TRIBUTE
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Series based on the superposition of two images made from the monumental sculpture of Emile Gilioli located on the Glières plateau in Haute Savoie (France).
PANDORA
Series of new experiments based on the multiple shooting of the same place. Here the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore.
The SPOOL
Series based on the sculpture "THE SPOOL", from the American artist John Besbee which is composed of thousands of welded nails. The sculpture is part of the Snite Museum of Art (Notre Dame, USA).
THE CELESTIA TRIPTYCH
Following the exhibition at the United Nations from 2nd to 20th June 2014, the 3.6 m triptych CELESTIA was offered to the UN in Geneva by the Permanent Mission of France. It can now be seen as part of the guided tours by more than 100,000 visitors each year.
THE BRICK
On June 4, 2018 at the International Labor Office in Geneva, with Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize 2014 and Indian activist for children's rights, we unveiled "The Brick" an installation I made in commemoration of the launch, 20 years ago, of the Global March against Child Labor. I brought this brick (2.6 Kg) last December during a report in Madagascar. The little girl we see on the right of the picture is not 10 years old and carries 26 kilos on her head. It is paid 0.0028 USD per brick transported.
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PEOPLE
Brigitte Macron
Bertrand Piccard
“Thank you Marcel for the poetry of these images showing us the footprints of the passage of time!”
Kofi Annan
“My congratulations for these photographs that question our relationship with time and the environment”
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Al Gore
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AWARDS
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2018
International Color Awards NOMINEE 3 times in Fine Art Absrtract Professional category for TRIBUTE, THE SPOOL and BIRDS ON THE BEAN
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2018
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR Honorable Mention in Fine Art Absrtract (Professional category) for the BIRDS ON THE BEAN
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2018
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR Honorable Mention in Fine Art Absrtract (Professional category) for the serie TRIBUTE
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2018
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR Honorable Mention in Fine Art Absrtract (Professional category) for the serie THE SPOOL
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2018
MONOCHROME PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS - Honorable Mention in Abstract (Professional category) for the serie THE SPOOL
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2017
PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DE PARIS (PX3) - SILVER in Abstract (Professional category) for the series TRIBUTE
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2017
PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DE PARIS (PX3) - HONORABLE MENTION in Abstract (Professional category) for the series NATURAL ABSTRACTION
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2017
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
Nominee in Abstract (Professional category) for the series PANDORA
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2017
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
Nominee in Abstract Professional category) for the series TRIBUTE
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2016
International Photographer of the Year Fine Art Absrtract (Professional category) - 3rd prize
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2015
International Photographer of the Year Fine Art Absrtract (Professional category) - 3rd prize
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2015
International Photographer of the Year Fine Art Absrtract (Professional category) - honorable mention
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2015
LABEL COP 21
awarded to the exhibition NATURAL ABSTRACTION by the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy.
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2015
"Art and Freedom Prize"
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2015
International Color Awards
NOMINEE in Fine Art Absrtract
Professional category
2015
International Color Awards
NOMINEE in Fine Art CHILDREN OF THE WORLD Professional category
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2015
International Photography Awards
HONORABLE MENTION - IPA
2015 Professional category Fine Art Absrtract with : Celestia
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2015
International Photography Awards
HONORABLE MENTION - IPA 2015 Professional category Fine Art Absrtract with : Oxydium
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2015
International Photography Awards HONORABLE MENTION - IPA 2015
Professional category Fine Art Absrtract with : After the rain
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2015
International Photography Awards HONORABLE MENTION - IPA 2015 Professional category Fine Art Absrtract with : Evocation of snow water ans ice
2015
​​Fine Art Photographic Awards
NOMINEE in Fine Art Absrtract
Professional category
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2015
Moscow International Fotography Awards
Fine Art Absrtract (Professional category) - HONORABLE MENTION
COLLECTIVE
EXHIBITIONS
26
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2019
GALERIE 1905
Shenyang, China
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2019
Académie des Beaux-Arts
Shenyang, China
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2019
SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES
Paris, France
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2019
ART3F
La Roche Sur Foron, France
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2018
SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES
Paris, France
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2018
PRAXIS GALLERY
The Abstract Image
Minneapolis - USA
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2017
ARTEPPES - AREA OF CONTEMPORARY ART
"contretemps"
Annecy, France
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2017
SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES
Paris, France
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2017
11th BIENNALE OF ACTUAL SACRED ART
"Profond retournement"
Lyon, France
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2017
ILO CERCLE OF ARTS
Genève, Switzerland
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2017
REALITIES NOUVELLES OUTSIDE THE WALLS (CASTLE OF VEYRIE)
Bernin, France
2017
ART GALLERY ABSTRACT PROJECT
Paris, France
2017
KALEIDOSCOPE MUSEUM OF KYOTO
Kyoto, Japan
2016
SALON DES REALITES NOUVELLES
Paris, France
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2016
ILO CERCLE OF ARTS
Geneva, Switzerland
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2016
SALON DES ARTS
Amancy, France
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2015
ART GALLERY CHATEAU DES TOURELLES
"EMPREINTES HUMAINES"
Le Plessis Trevise, France
2015
ART GALLERY CARRE D’ART SAINT
GERMAIN
collective exhibition "Art and Freedom Prize"
Navarrenx, France
2015
OIASSO MUSEUM
collective exhibition "Art and Freedom Prize"
Irun, Spain
2015
BASQUE MUSEUM
collective exhibition "Art and Freedom Prize"
Bayonne, France
2015
PALACE JHON
collective exhibition "Art and Freedom Prize"
Bilbao, Spain
2015
MUSEUM OF PEACE GUERNICA
collective exhibition "Art and Freedom Prize"
Guernica, Spain
2015
GURS CONCENTRATION CAMP
collective exhibition "Art and Freedom Prize"
Gurs, France
2014
ART GALLERY SAINT-GENIS
collective winter exhibition
Saint-Genis Pouilly, France
2014
ART GALLERY CHAPPAZ
collective winter exhibition
Trévignien, France
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2014
ART GALLERY CHAPPAZ
"Marcel Crozet / Henry Dody"
Trévignien, France
PERSONAL
EXHIBITIONS
9
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2015
LA BRAVA
Thônes, France
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2015
COP 21
Paris, France
2015
ORANGERIE DU SENAT
Paris, France
2015
ART GALLERY SAINT-GENIS
Saint-Genis Pouilly, France
2015
ART GALLERY 555,
Cruseilles, France
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2015
MJC DE NOVEL
Annecy, France
2014
RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES DE GENEVE (RIG)
Geneva, Suisse
2014
UNITED NATIONS
Geneva, Suisse
2014
JWINTER GARDEN OF SEYNOD
Seynod, France
PUBLICATIONS
21
2017
LE DAUPHINE LIBERE (2017-01-06)
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2017
LE DAUPHINE LIBERE (2017-02-28)
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2017
TV Seynodmag du 23 février 2017
2016
FRANCE INFO VIDEO
le travail forcé reste une réalité
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2015
CARNET D'ART
portrait 4 pages
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2015
FRANCE 24
Interview (2015-12-07)
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2015
CARNET D'ART
exposition Orangerie du Sénat.
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2015
SORTIR à PARIS : Marcel Crozet expose à l'Orangerie su Sénat
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2015
LE DAUPHINE LIBERE
Marcel Crozet expose à la GALLERY 555
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2015
LE DAUPHINE LIBERE
Exposition à la Galerie d'Art Saint-Genis (Dauphiné Libéré 2015-01-22)
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2014
LE DAUPHINE LIBERE
Marcel Crozet : Exposition collective d'hiver de la Galerie Chappaz (2014-12-11)
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2014
Léman Bleu : Journal Télévisé du 15-10-2014
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2014
TV 8 Mt Blanc / SeynodMag
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2014
LE DAUPHINE LIBERE
ANNECY : Marcel Crozet inaugure la saison photo (2014-09-18)
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2014
LE DAUPHINE LIBERE
Exposition de Novel (Dauphiné Libéré 2014-09-14)
2014
LE DAUPHINE LIBERE
Exposition aux Nations Unies (Dauphiné-Libéré-31-07-2014)
2014
LE DAUPHINE LIBERE
Exposition à la galerie Chappaz (Dauphiné Libéré 2014-07-21)
2014
MEDIAPART
Exposition de Marcel Crozet à l'ONU
2014
Chasseur d'Images
N° 364 Juin 2014
2014
LE DAUPHINE LIBERE
Exposition de Seynod (Dauphiné Libéré du 18-04-2014)
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2014
LE MESSAGER
Exposition Seynod
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
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United Nations Geneva (donated by France)
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City of Seynod (France)
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Basilica of the Visitation (Annecy (France)
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PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Artworks in the following countries:
USA
France
Italy
Spain
Belgium
Switzerland
Germany
Australia
Hungary
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OTHER EVENTS
Photographs on child labour projected during 4 days on the screens of TIMES SQUARE, New-York, USA.
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PUBLICATIONS
Pour l'amour du plus pauvre. La Vie des rues de Calcutta et des centres de mère Térésa
Marcel Crozet (Author) - Publisher: Brepols
(ISBN : 2503502776)
Père Tritz, l'espoir à Manille
Isabelle and Marcel Crozet (Authors) - Publisher: Brepols
(ISBN: 978-2-503-50396-7)
Arcabas : Notre-Dame de la Salette
Patrick Laudet (texts), Marcel Crozet (photos) - Publisher: Cerf
(ISBN : 2204077224)
NATURAL ABSTRACTION
Marcel Crozet (Author) - Publisher : Editions Almalux
(ISBN : 978-2-9701143-0-7)
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BIO
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Marcel Crozet
Born in 1962, lives in Annecy
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After covering the Iran-Iraq war in 1986, I spent almost a year in the slums of Calcutta as a volunteer, but also to produce a photo book with Mother Teresa. Since then, I have been working as a photographer for the United Nations.
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During my coverage of numerous emergency situations on all continents and capturing visits of heads of State to the UN, photographic abstraction slowly but surely became a way to incorporate a part of dream in my photographic production.
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1986
Clandestine coverage of the Iran-Iraq conflict as a freelancer.
1989
First time in Calcutta to make a photographic book with Mother Teresa and work as a volunteer.
1991
First reports for the United Nations.
1996
Beginning of collaboration with CIRIC news agency
1996 - 2000
In charge of the photo service of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva.
Depuis 2000
Official photographer of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva, photo editor of the magazine WORK.
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Marcel Crozet
15 Rue de la Cour
74940 Annecy-Le-Vieux France
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