Lionel Roy

Born in 1956 in Paris, Roy has always tried to achieve his dream « to shoot the perfect portrait ». He applies both his classical and shifted vision to actors shootings, architectural and landscapes pictures, music and theatre live performances, products packshots. Inspired by Newton, Lindbergh or Eggleston, he also find his roots in Mallet Stevens, Le Corbusier or Hooper artworks. Fan of Warhol, he follows his quest of the instant thanks to the Polaroid process. In 2012, he created a serie of portraits featuring actors seated in an « Egg » armchair and named « The egg doesn't dance with the stone » and released in the US Fashion Magazine 'Runway'. Passionately interested in both traditional and digital technics, he constantly creates pathways between argentic and digital. The social networks allowed him to benefit from the largest international casting and to shoot more than 2000 women and men in all categories: sport, fashion, art, live shows, corporate but also a lot of anonymous people who have been strarified during one photo session. In Paris, he covers Design exhibitions, like «Paris Indian Summer", "Paris deco off" or « Les off Art&Design végétal ».