Olivier Pin-Fat
“We have never been confronted by such images, which are so direct, so devoid of romanticism and yet so sensitive at the same time. Pin-Fat presents his work in gigantic albums, which refer more to the format of ‘real’ cinema than to documentary, emphasizing the fascinating aspect of his generous as well as disturbing approach. Finding the same chaos that shakes the world in the organization of his own work, Olivier Pin-Fat seems to wish to force us to ask ourselves what is ‘really’ happening around us." – Christian Caujolle, writer, curator, photography critic & founder of Gallery VU and Agence VU.Olivier Pin-Fat was born in Norfolk, England in 1969. He left Great Britain for Asia at the age of 23 to pursue photographic engagements with the 'unknown.'.
His work has been exhibited internationally, including Gallery VU (Paris), Noordelicht (Holland), Photo Espana 2001 (Madrid), Paris Photo (2000, 2005 & 2007), Foto Biennale of Rotterdam (Nederlands Foto Instituut, 2000), Pingyao and Lianzhou International Photo Festivals 2001 & 2006 (China), Agnes B (London), The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Recontres Internationales de Photographie (Arles, France), Le Centre d’Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie (France), Le Centre National des Arts Plastiques (Paris, 2008), ‘(About) Photography Gallery’ (1996, Bangkok), ‘(About) Studio’ (Bangkok, 1998), Kathmandu Photo Gallery (2007 & 2010 - Bangkok), H-Gallery (Bangkok, 2010), Fotografia Internazionale di Roma (2010), Gallery OED, (Cochin, India, 2010) & The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (2009) - to mention a few.
It has appeared in leading publications worldwide and is in numerous international private collections.
From 1998 until 2008, he was a member of ‘Gallery VU’ and ‘Agence VU’ in Paris. In November 2009 he joined 'prospekt' in Milan, Italy.
His work is “founded on a great visual freedom, a sense of urgency” - images from the ‘real’ which have “a sensitive, astonishing, fictional and lyrical dimension.”
“Unceasingly seeking to repudiate the limits of direct representation to favour impressionism, questioning an unstable universe, his images are unclassifiable."
Christian Caujolle.
He develops his own film and handprints his own images.
In May 2009, his book "DEAD LIGHT, BONE DRY" was shortlisted for "The European Publishers Award for Photography" and will be published in 2011.
He continues to work and live in Asia
www.olivierpin-fat.com
Bangkok. Aftermath. May 2010
All images were taken on Friday 21st May 2010. The day after the red shirts had been dispersed. By Olivier Pin-F ...
Olivier Pin-Fat - OUTSIDE THE WORLD
Photographed in China at the end of 2006, this series is an attempt to make meaning out of meaninglessness. Feeling ...
Olivier Pin-Fat - Just like honey
OLIVIER PIN-FAT - JUST LIKE HONEY - A mental journey into the dark world of 'ya ba' and out again (2003 – 2004). ...