Présence Obscure

• Photographer
  Xavier Blondeau
• Prize
  2nd Place in Architecture
• Socials
• Website
  http://www.xbphotographe.com

Shadowy Presence shines a light on the relationship that the individual forges with his urban surroundings. This series focuses on urban surroundings at night. There are places or situations, as the darkness of night gives way to the paleness of the wee hours, when despite its absence, a human presence seems to remain faintly perceptible beyond objects. This ‘shadowy’ presence, like the fragile persistence of a recent life, gives things another dimension. As if they had captured the stamp of human presence. One cannot go without the other. One has become the other.

• Biography
  While travelling through vast desertic places, Xavier Blondeau has been questionning the place of individuals in their environment.Since 2009 and apart from his activity as a Senior lecturer, her has focused his photographic work on the individual. It is presented and structured in photographic series and aims at addressing that question very closely. Since 2011, he has been very active and present in many exhibitions. His work is about intimacy being revealed as his various photographic series unfold.
• Awards
  Main awards : Budapest International Photo Award BIFA, 2nd Place and Gold Medal, Architecture Category, Budapest, Hungary (2019); Barcelone International Photo Awards BIPA, nominated, Barcelone, Spain (2019); Prix de la Photographie de Paris PX3, Silver Medal, FineArt/Architecture Category, Paris, France (2019); Tokyo International Photo Award TIFA, 2nd Place and Gold Medal, Architecture Category, Tokyo, Japan (2018); Barcelone International Photo Awards BIPA, nominated, Barcelone, Spain (2018); International Photography Award IPA, Honourable Mention, Categorie FineArt/Nude, Los Angeles, USA (2018); Prix de la Photographie de Paris PX3, Bronze Medal, FineArt/Nude Category, Paris, France (2018); Moscow International Foto Awards MIFA, 2 Silver Medals, Architecture/Cityscape and FineArt/Nude Category, Moscow, Russia (2018); Tokyo International Photo Award TIFA, Silver Medal, FineArt/Nude Category, Tokyo, Japan (2017); International Photographer Of the Year IPOTY, 3nd Prize Winner, Architecture/Cityscape photography Category, London, UK (2017); Prix de la Photographie de Paris PX3, Bronze Medal, FineArt/Abstract Category, Paris, France (2017); Moscow International Foto Awards MIFA, Honourable Mention, Architecture Interiors Category, Moscow, Russia (2017); Tokyo International Photo Award TIFA, Silver Medal, Architecture Interiors Category, Tokyo, Japan (2016); London International Creative Competition, Shortlist, London, UK (2016); International Photography Award IPA, Honourable Mention, FineArt/Nudes Category, Los Angeles, USA (2016); International Photographer Of the Year IPOTY, 2nd Prize Winner, Night photography Category, London, UK (2015); International Photography Award IPA, 2nd Prize Winner, Night Photography Category, Los Angeles, USA (2015); International Photography Award IPA, Honourable Mention, Categorie FineArt/Portrait, Los Angeles, USA (2015); International Emerging Artist Award, Shortlist, Dubai, Arab Emirates (2014).