Philippe PERRIN is a French photographer drawn by mysterious scenery. In front of the immensity and strangeness of the landscape, man is alone: a minute silhouette in the middle of gigantic mountains or endless plains.
In the midst of an awe-inspiring environment, Philippe PERRIN’s photography is strongly charged with emotion. The Man Alone – inside a context, which is not his own, in an almost lunar space – is the majestic human being at the center of our perception.
Commenting on PERRIN’s photography, Daniel SIRDEY said, “Right away a revelation, minutely, precisely, skillfully developed in the darkroom, Philippe refines it, asserts it, reiterates his evidence and fixes it with all his weight and strength. Looking at his images we have the feeling that they arose from the deepest parts of ourselves…. All could be the theatre of one of our dreams because they come from that place.”
Claudia ISLA (translated from the French)

Biography

1982-1983 Experimental photographic training with Jean-Pierre and Claudine SUDRE in Lacoste (Lubéron).
1983-1992 Collaboration with the newspapers “Libération,” “Autrement” and “Flammarion” editions, New Theatre of Burgundy, Célestins Theatre in Lyon, Graffiti Theatre in Dijon and Valence.

Exhibitions
International Festival of Turin (Italy)
Festival of Talant (France)
International Festival of Heidelberg (Germany)
Imagini Gallery in Milan (Italy)

Prizes and Honors Awarded
1983 - Polaroid Prize
1991 - Henry Vincenot Prize
1991 - Joined “VU” agency

1992-2002
His 10 years in Mexico had a profound effect on the subject and advancement of his art. The first years he alternated alimentary jobs with exhibitions and did reporting on Indian cultures (Huitcholes, Coras, Yaquis, Seiris). After that, he began to photograph the Indian’s principal source of inspiration, nature. At this time, he developed different sets of nature series including: mangroves, jungle, caves, sierra, and forest.

Individual exhibitions
museo Chavez Morado (Guanajuato)
galleria Indigo (Oaxaca)
galleria Arte Contemporano (Guadalajara)
museo del desierto (Saltillo)
archivo historico y museo de mineria (Patchuca Hidalgo) 2 exhibitions
Convento de Octopan (Hidalgo)
museo de Bellas Artes (Queretaro)
universitad autonoma de Queretaro
galleria Libertad (Queretaro)
festival internacional de arte (Veracruz)
galeria del sindicato (S.M. de Allende)
galeria Michaël Block (S.M. de Allende) 2 exhibitions
Market Bistro (S.M. de Allende) 2 exhibitions
festival de arte de Puebla
Allianza Francesa (Mexico)
Projection of « Cactus » (DVD movie, music by the compositor Omar Gaytan Powel) at the World Trade Center of Mexico as part of «2001 France Nouvelles technologies».

Collective exhibitions
museo Allende (S.M. de Allende)
archivo historico y museo de mineria (Patchuca Hidalgo) 2 exhibitions

Collections
archivo historico de Patchuca
museo de arte contemporano de S.M. de Allende
Ansel Adams' Center (San Francisco)
Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris
Centro de la Imagen (Mexico)