LIONEL MONNIE R
Born in the south of France in Nîmes in 1977, he now lives in one of the largest cultural metropolises in Europe in Marseille. After a Master in STAPS and a few years of teaching, he turned to author photography in 2009.
From from a family of amateur photographers, he participated very young working on development and expansion in his parents' photo lab. Initially practicing film photography with a fujica, he went digital in 2008.
In 2009, he presented for the first time his work to the public on the occasion of an exhibition in a restaurant in Aix, then in a gourmet restaurant in Marseille.
Encouraged by a positive reception from the public, he pushes for the first time the doors of a gallery in 2010, and meets GAT, painter, who manages his own gallery. " GAT ART " in Marseille.
Follower of graphic and refined compositions, his work mainly in black and white, is built according to spontaneous and unexpected situations, preferring to capture the present moment to staged situations. As a true autodidact, the topics covered or his choices of framing are only guided by his emotions and the energy that emanates from them.
In this perspective, the series Twists of Time " and " Alone » evoke for us the notion of passage, passage of Being in its built or natural environment. At the discretion from their experience or their sensitivity, everyone can imagine a moment of life, a memory, a retreat, or a more anthropological or metaphysical vision of our passage. Return to oneself, to the essential, in a society in perpetual agitation and acceleration.
Not imposing any theme, the subtlety of black and white can orient it both to travel photographs and close to home on the Le Castellet racing circuit.

Print to order, produced at the AZA studio in Marseille.
The prices are based on the print size and the support chosen for the photo (nude / dibond / frame)
Hahnemühle Photo Rag Paper 308gr or Hahnemühle Photo Pearl 310gr.
More information on pricing and limited editions on the site: www.lionelmonnier.com