06/01/2026
French photographer Christian Chaize idealized the Seychelles as his childhood island paradise. In Sans Titre 21, his power to create both bold and serene compositions is present in its full force. "An approach that aligns itself aesthetically with some of the Modernists in photography, I was intent on seeing the Seychelles without the weight of parameters. (Just large cameras!) Without our normal criteria for recognition, that which we look at can be renewed; new as in the first days of existence, breathing presence, light, and the incarnation of the world. In short, an image of paradise", he explains.
In 1992, Chaize was awarded the Prix European Panorama de Kodak for Young European Photographer in Arles, France. In 2004, his work photographing a single Portuguese beach front several times a year became the focus of two one-man museum shows in Portugal, as well as gallery exhibitions in New York, Berlin and Lyon. He has been featured in The Collector's Guide to New Art Photography Vol. 2, BLINK MAGAZINE, Issue No. 13 and Elle Decor. Chaize’s first monograph, TIME & TIDE, was published in 2013 by Chronicle Books. https://buff.ly/R1c37FW
