Jean-Luc
Chapin

Jean-Luc Chapin

biography


Few photographers today possess the literary talent of Jean-Luc Chapin. Committed to photographing the nature described by writer Michel de Montaigne, Chapin looks to comprehensively read a landscape whose details truly mark the passage of time.

His relation to nature is thus inseparable from that of his photography. This rapport revitalizes fading traces that photography can render immortal. Chapin rediscovered these landscapes by allowing himself to be guided by his whims and the writers who strived to capture delicate events such as a bird in flight.

Before becoming a freelance photographer, Chapin worked as Claude Anaf’s photography assistant. Today he divides his time between publishing, personal research, and collaborating with contemporary writers.

Series


The Table of the Hounds, 2013

Series | This series refers to the photographer being invited to dinner during a hunt.

Médoc's seasons, 2010

Series | During an entire year, photographer Jean-Luc Chapin paced up and down Sociando-Mallet property, in the North of Médoc, in Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne.

Ceps, 2009

Series | "Ceps’ picking is full of exhilarating mornings, promising woods crossings, walks along wild rivers, and hopes of exceptional discoveries."

In the footsteps of Victor Hugo, 2005

Series | To the discovery of testimonies, of strong signs, on the tracks of the Hugo and Vacquerie families.

The Table of the Hounds, 2013

Series | This series refers to the photographer being invited to dinner during a hunt.

Médoc's seasons, 2010

Series | During an entire year, photographer Jean-Luc Chapin paced up and down Sociando-Mallet property, in the North of Médoc, in Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne.

Ceps, 2009

Series | "Ceps’ picking is full of exhilarating mornings, promising woods crossings, walks along wild rivers, and hopes of exceptional discoveries."

In the footsteps of Victor Hugo, 2005

Series | To the discovery of testimonies, of strong signs, on the tracks of the Hugo and Vacquerie families.

The Table of the Hounds, 2013

Series | This series refers to the photographer being invited to dinner during a hunt.

Médoc's seasons, 2010

Series | During an entire year, photographer Jean-Luc Chapin paced up and down Sociando-Mallet property, in the North of Médoc, in Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne.

Ceps, 2009

Series | "Ceps’ picking is full of exhilarating mornings, promising woods crossings, walks along wild rivers, and hopes of exceptional discoveries."

In the footsteps of Victor Hugo, 2005

Series | To the discovery of testimonies, of strong signs, on the tracks of the Hugo and Vacquerie families.

books


Pêcheur

Editions Confluences - 2013

Chasseur Cueilleur

Editions Confluences - 2011

Saisons du Médoc

Editions Confluences - 2009

Cèpes

Editions Confluences - 2009

Il s’agit d’un pays merveilleux

Editions Pôle Image Haute-Normandie - 2005

Retours à Hugo

Editions Confluences - 2005

Un sauvage sentiment

Editions Maison de la Chasse et de la Nature - 2002

Garonne en pays Girondin

La part des anges Editions - 2000

Montesquieu

Christian Pirot Editions - 1998

Labours

Le temps qu’il fait - 1996

Montaigne 1533-1592

L’escampette Editions - 1992

Pêcheur

Editions Confluences - 2013

Chasseur Cueilleur

Editions Confluences - 2011

Saisons du Médoc

Editions Confluences - 2009

Cèpes

Editions Confluences - 2009

Il s’agit d’un pays merveilleux

Editions Pôle Image Haute-Normandie - 2005

Retours à Hugo

Editions Confluences - 2005

Un sauvage sentiment

Editions Maison de la Chasse et de la Nature - 2002

Garonne en pays Girondin

La part des anges Editions - 2000

Montesquieu

Christian Pirot Editions - 1998

Labours

Le temps qu’il fait - 1996

Montaigne 1533-1592

L’escampette Editions - 1992

Pêcheur

Editions Confluences - 2013

Chasseur Cueilleur

Editions Confluences - 2011

Saisons du Médoc

Editions Confluences - 2009

Cèpes

Editions Confluences - 2009

Il s’agit d’un pays merveilleux

Editions Pôle Image Haute-Normandie - 2005

Retours à Hugo

Editions Confluences - 2005

Un sauvage sentiment

Editions Maison de la Chasse et de la Nature - 2002

Garonne en pays Girondin

La part des anges Editions - 2000

Montesquieu

Christian Pirot Editions - 1998

Labours

Le temps qu’il fait - 1996

Montaigne 1533-1592

L’escampette Editions - 1992