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 Artist Alain Etchepare
 Gender Male
 Age 44 years old
 Status Semi-professional photographer
 Country France
 Site http://www.alainetchepare.com
 Alternate site http://www.alainetchepare.com/blog
 Information Né en 1965 à Biarritz. Je vis actuellement entre la France et la Turquie.

Mon travail est aujourd'hui essentiellement axé sur les fascinantes possibilités d'interprétations et d'évocations que nous offrent les édifices érigés par l'homme, qu'ils soient contemporains ou anciens, non pas sous forme didactique ou documentariste, mais en essayant de stimuler l'imaginaire du spectateur et de le toucher par des visions souvent oniriques ou poétiques. En appréhendant mes images comme étant acteur et non spectateur, l'homme n'y est le plus souvent présent qu'à travers mon regard, et par les traces qu'il y laisse, superbes ou hideuses, utiles ou dévastatrices.

Depuis toujours je vis intensément mon environnement, mais ma véritable rencontre avec la photographie se fit en 1984 lors d'un long séjour en Polynésie : un ami me permit de participer à une séance de tirage noir et blanc. J'en sortirais bouleversé et avec une seule idée en tête : faire de ma vie une source d'images. Un parcours d'autodidacte me conduira vers une carrière de photographe d'illustration jusqu'en 2001. Par conviction idéologique, un changement d'orientation me poussera à s'investir dans la création d'une agence de communication. Très pris par la pérennisation de cette nouvelle activité, je ne fis quasiment plus d'images jusqu'en 2006. Le besoin de création reprenant le dessus, ma pratique de la photographie s'oriente désormais aujourd'hui essentiellement vers la présentation de travaux personnels.

Today, my work is essentially centered on the fascinating possibilities of interpretations and evocations offered by some man-made structures, whether modern or ancient, not in didactic form or documentary form, but rather by trying to stimulate the spectator’s imagination and by touching him through dreamlike or poetic visions. In approaching my images as actors as opposed to mere spectators, people are able to become part of them through my eyes only, and through the traces that they leave, superb or hideous, useful or destructive.

For as long as I can remember, I have always visualized my environment. But my true encounter with photography took place in 1984 during a long stay in Polynesia : thanks to a friend of mine, I was allowed to participate to a darkroom session. I was totally enthralled and had only one thought on my mind : to devote my life to a flow of pictures. As an autodidact, I started a career and I was a photographer of illustrations until 2001. By ideological conviction I decided to do something different and created a public relations agency. This new activity took all my time and I nearly gave up photographing until 2006. But I felt the need of creating again and gave a new turn to my way of taking photographs : I now present personal works. Very often through landscapes in black and white, I want to make people discover a dreamlike world which is sometimes a little melancholy but always intimist and giving great importance to imagination.
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Most appreciated work most appreciated work
The big city study 18 by Alain Etchepare
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Latest creations latest creations
On The King'S Path by Alain EtchepareLet Tell The Stone #5 by Alain EtchepareFight by Alain Etchepare
Localization localization
Belongs to the following projects belongs to the following projects
 A Lensbaby dream Photographs with Lensbaby lens  by +Xavier Rey60 persons1 image
 Art and religions Pictures about places, people, mood or religious details  by +Carine Serodes101 persons6 images
 Art of Landscape Artistic landscape photography  by +Michal Skrzypczak36 persons3 images
 Atlantic coast Paysages de la côte Atlantique / Landscapes of the Atlantic coast  by +Xavier Rey46 persons16 images
 Autoportraits Regard sur soi / Glance on oneself  by +Xavier Rey242 persons1 image
 Black and white botany Black and white plant/vegetable photography  by #Marianne Le Carrour168 persons9 images
 Chaise inoccupée/empty chair Chaise(s) inoccupées / Empty chair  by +Fabienne Cresens39 persons1 image
 Colors The world colors / Le monde en couleurs  by +Xavier Rey626 persons19 images
 Hasselblad All shots performed with an Hasselblad camera  by @Denis Olivier127 persons28 images
 Holga 120 Shots made with Holga 120 cameras  by +Pierre-jean Suau95 persons3 images
 It's all about time! Any image with some type of clock in it  by +Mike Mcglothlen106 persons2 images
 Long exposure Long exposure photography shots  by @Denis Olivier269 persons47 images
 Mono Square Squares in B&W  by *Navid Sanati148 persons3 images
 Oceans, coasts and seascapes Photography and art depicting our oceans, coasts and seas  by +Paul Campbell149 persons4 images
 Pinhole Pinhole photography B&W and color  by *M.eugenia Quiroga45 persons5 images
 Poets with a Camera Phothographers who add ART in photography  by +Loredana Guinicelli156 persons17 images
 Selective focus Analog & digital blur  by +Luca Lacche93 persons3 images
 Spontaneous Creations Pictures that were not set-up and created spontaneously  by +Daniel Hachmann303 persons1 image
 Visions stenopeiche Pictures taken with the pinhole  by +Luca Baldassari35 persons5 images
 Wings Photo poetry // birds and skies images  by +Juriy Ronzhin161 persons5 images
 Your preferred creation Your creation you love / la création que vous aimez  by @Denis Olivier138 persons3 images
Random favourites random favourites
Outside by Lydia Hansenfog I by Sasa LazicSans titre by Luis Henriques


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