Richard Dumas

biography

Richard Dumas is not a portraitist, but a photographer.

It has been said that another Richard (Avedon, not to mention him) was a socialite and a star because he photographed celebrities, or that he was a “fashion photographer” because he devoted a number of years to re-inventing the way of putting the cloth in images!

Be assured, he is simply one of the essential artists in the history of 20th century photography.

The “Richard Dumas photographer” is immediately recognizable by his elegant, slightly dandy-like style, his sense of contrasts that are both strong and restrained, his way of inventing unmistakable images that quickly become icons, and the mystery that he always lets hover in the squares and rectangles that retain astonishing vibrations of light.

This refined photography is nourished by literature, music (from jazz to the smallest rock band) and, of course, cinema, especially Portuguese.

Series

Suite, 2020

Series | "Suite" continues Richard Dumas' work and his reflection on the photographic portrait.

Paris forever (VU' à Paris), 2006

Series | In Paris, the town of the cinema, Richard Dumas, just like a writer, lets his gaze and his soul roam. Approriating the spirit of La chambre verte, he dialogues with spirit of La chambre verte, he dialogues with his dear departed, like for sure, the couple Straub and Huillet, crossed by chance, as a sign of fate, in the cemetery.

Richard Dumas séries

Soft Machines, 2000

Series | A RealDoll only bends when you ask her. She does not splay flat, under the worst exertion. She is heavy, solid, neither hollow or inflatable, but reinforced with steel rods, the flesh made of three kinds of silicon of variable softness.

Richard Dumas séries

Black tide in France, 2000

Series | 12th of December, 1999, the ship Erika broke in two parts 70 km south of Penmarc’h (Finistère).

Richard Dumas séries

Suite, 2020

Series | "Suite" continues Richard Dumas' work and his reflection on the photographic portrait.

Richard Dumas séries

Paris forever (VU' à Paris), 2006

Series | In Paris, the town of the cinema, Richard Dumas, just like a writer, lets his gaze and his soul roam. Approriating the spirit of La chambre verte, he dialogues with spirit of La chambre verte, he dialogues with his dear departed, like for sure, the couple Straub and Huillet, crossed by chance, as a sign of fate, in the cemetery.

Richard Dumas séries

Soft Machines, 2000

Series | A RealDoll only bends when you ask her. She does not splay flat, under the worst exertion. She is heavy, solid, neither hollow or inflatable, but reinforced with steel rods, the flesh made of three kinds of silicon of variable softness.

Richard Dumas séries

Black tide in France, 2000

Series | 12th of December, 1999, the ship Erika broke in two parts 70 km south of Penmarc’h (Finistère).

Richard Dumas séries

Suite, 2020

Series | "Suite" continues Richard Dumas' work and his reflection on the photographic portrait.

Richard Dumas séries

Paris forever (VU' à Paris), 2006

Series | In Paris, the town of the cinema, Richard Dumas, just like a writer, lets his gaze and his soul roam. Approriating the spirit of La chambre verte, he dialogues with spirit of La chambre verte, he dialogues with his dear departed, like for sure, the couple Straub and Huillet, crossed by chance, as a sign of fate, in the cemetery.

Richard Dumas séries

Soft Machines, 2000

Series | A RealDoll only bends when you ask her. She does not splay flat, under the worst exertion. She is heavy, solid, neither hollow or inflatable, but reinforced with steel rods, the flesh made of three kinds of silicon of variable softness.