BIOGRAPHY

François Fleury is an artist and photographer based in Paris. After graduating unanimously from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2003, he spent a year in Afghanistan. His photographic work “Afghanistan” was awarded the Prix Jeune Espoir 2004 Nicolas Feuillate by Kamel Mennour. The following year, sponsored by Christian Caujolle, he was shortlisted for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass for two consecutive years. He then initiated the “Bureau Iso”, a workshop on corporate culture at the Caisse des Dépôts, which gave rise to an exhibition at Nuit Blanche 2007 and a book of the same name. He works as an artist and curator with the La Générale collective in Belleville and Sèvres, and in 2011 exhibits a collection of Afghan studio portraits and “Salam” at Casa Asia in Madrid and Barcelona. In 2012, he moved to Uganda and carried out photographic projects in eastern Congo DRC, presented in the exhibition “De bile et de lumière” in 2013. The following year, he moved to Fordlândia, a city built in Brazil by Henri Ford in the 1920s, whose methods in the heart of the Amazon jungle ended in failure. He then travelled up the rivers of Amazonia in search of communities cut off from the Western world. This journey gave rise to the film “Waimaha” and the photography series “A river’s tale” and “Forêt négative”, exhibited at Les filles du Calvaires gallery in 2017. The film Waimaha was shown at the Quai Branly and at numerous international festivals, and won the Best Documentary prize at the Bogotà Web Festival 2019.

BIOGRAFIJA

Fransoa Fleri je umjetnik i fotograf sa sjedištem u Parizu. Nakon što je 2003. godine s najvišim ocjenama diplomirao na École des Beaux-Arts u Parizu, proveo je godinu dana u Afganistanu. Njegov fotografski ciklus Afghanistan nagrađen je priznanjem Prix Jeune Espoir 2004 Nicolas Feuillate, koje je dodijelio Kamel Mennour. Već naredne godine, uz podršku Christiana Caujollea, dva puta zaredom bio je u užem izboru za World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass. Pokrenuo je radionicu Bureau Iso posvećenu korporativnoj kulturi u Caisse des Dépôts, što je rezultiralo izložbom na Nuit Blanche 2007 i istoimenom knjigom. Kao umjetnik i kustos sarađuje sa kolektivom La Générale u Bellevilleu i Sèvressu, a 2011. izlaže zbirku afganistanskih studijskih portreta i rad Salam u Casa Asia u Madridu i Barseloni. Godine 2012. seli se u Ugandu, gdje realizuje fotografske projekte u istočnom Kongu (DR Kongo), predstavljene na izložbi De bile et de lumière 2013. Sljedeće godine boravi u Fordlandiji, gradu koji je 1920-ih u Brazilu osnovao Henri Ford, čiji je eksperiment u srcu Amazona završio neuspjehom. Potom putuje riječnim tokovima Amazonije u potrazi za zajednicama odvojenim od zapadnog svijeta. Ovo putovanje rezultiralo je filmom Waimaha i serijama fotografija A river’s tale i Forêt négative, izloženim 2017. u galeriji Les filles du Calvaire. Film Waimaha prikazan je u muzeju Quai Branly i na brojnim međunarodnim festivalima, a osvojio je nagradu za najbolji dokumentarac na Bogotà Web Festivalu 2019.