Series

Hollywood Nightmares, 2024

Serie | Hollywood Nightmares is a series of self-portraits by photographer Raphaël Neal, inspired by the portrait aesthetics of the stars of the golden age of cinema (from the 1930s to the 1950s).

British veterans, 2024

Series | Raphaël Neal has taken portraits of some of the British veterans who will be visiting the Normandy beaches for the D-Day commemoration ceremonies.

Jack in the Green, 2023

Series | In the town of Hastings, in the south-east of England, the Jack in the Green Festival takes place every year during the May Day weekend.

New Waves, 2021

Series | Heat waves, floods, tornadoes, advancing of deserts… The disasters that populate our imagination and make us shiver with pleasure in science fiction scenarios are increasingly intruding into our reality.

Discreet Peaks, 2020

Series | During summer 2020, between the two lockdowns, Raphaël Neal discovered the Peak District, a mountainous and mysterious region of central England.

Dark Circus, 2020

Serie | Dark Circus is a collection of self-portraits produced in London during the Covid-19 lockdown.

The Windows of the World, 2019

Serie | Like « Miss Lonely » in Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954), these solitary characters wait, talk to themselves or play on their own, too afraid to step outside.

The Pied Piper, 2019

Serie | First series of self-portraits since IKWIG! (2011-2014), these images evoke the solitude experienced by characters who seem withdrawn from the world, both passive spectators of a world that goes on without them and entertainment for those who notice them, hiding behind their windows.

Gone Fishing, 2017

Serie | Upon leaving Paris in 2017, Raphaël Neal settled for several weeks in a house next to the erupting crater of Stromboli, on the mythical island of the same name made famous by Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman.

Les nouveaux vestiges, 2017

Serie | Inspired by his passion for cinema and his collections of cinema and theatre memorabilia, Raphaël Neal produced two similar series: Rescapee and Les Nouveaux vestiges (The New Remnants).