Jean-Philippe Gauvrit (b.1963) is a French photographer and poet. An early reader, he started writing poems in his childhood, and discovered photography at the age of 20, stunned by Alexander Rodtchenko’s pictures. After graduating in Management Sciences, he pursued a professional career with global corporations, which led him and his family to Asia in 2001. For 18 years he took part to the economic and social transformation of the region, in China, India and South-east Asia. In addition to juggling work and family responsibilities, he followed his own artistic passions in poetry and photography.
In 2013, he developed Ménière's disease, a chronic illness that has compelled him to change the way he lives. After settling back to France in 2019, he became a professional coach and mentor. A self-taught photographer, Jean-Philippe studied Therapeutic Photography at Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen) in 2022. In his practice, he helps people deal with fast-paced environments and workplace issues, and shares how photography and writing helped him in these areas.
A husband, a father, and grand father of an international family, he alternates between Paris, the Cotentin Region in Normandy, and sometimes London.
Publications
• 2024, Aberration: A photopoetry suite of 37 poems (in the English language) written with randomly generated words, and photographs. KDP edition
• 2023, Soul Exposure, Using photography to shed light into our existence, PGC Therapeutic Photography 2022-2023, Robert Gordon University (coll.)
• 2022, "Ami que je ne connais pas”, seven sets of poems written between 1989 and 2021 in the French language. Ventdoeil Editions
• 2008, Shanghai in jpg: An overview of the urban spawl and transformation in Shanghai between 2004 and 2008, and the ephemeral cohabitation of two worlds. Beaugeste Design Solutions / International Publishing House for China's Culture
Exhibitions & Web Galleries
• 2023, Akron Gallery, Trondheim (coll.)
• 2017, 591 Photography
• 2014, Social Documentary Network
• 2014, New Landscape Photography
• 2013, Visavis Photo
• 2013, 591 Photography
• 2013, DustMag (coll.)
• 2010, Social Documentary Network
• 2010, Click Blog
• 2010, Librairie Le Phoenix, Paris
• 2008, Epson Gallery, Shanghai (coll.)
• 2007, Visavis Photo
Photo series
• Wholeness Nothingness (2019 to date), a self-reflective projet combining photography and poetry
• Lindbergh Drive (2022), a therapeutic photogaphy walk with my son in Normandy
• Life is a Slot Machine (2013-2022), a personal reflection about my relation to Ménière’s Disease
• Song of Signs (2015-2016), a graphic and colourful view of Shanghai and Singapore
• Shanghai Districts (2012-2015), a visual exploration of Minhang, Pudong and Baoshan districts
• New-Delhi (2012-2015), urban walk in New-Delhi and Gurgaon
• China Other Cities (2009-2012), a photographic journey in Zhengzhou, Shenyang, Wuhan and Changsha
• T2190 (2009-2012), the western outskirts of Paris, following the track of a tramway and a bus lines
• Shanghai in JPG (2004-2008), the urban sprawl and the transformation of the city in a critical period of the country’s history
• New-York Manhattan (1993), passers-by in New-York
• Passing-by (Paris 1992-1993), passers-by in Paris, or the absurdity of post-modernity
• No Man’s Land (1992-1993), an exploration of two transit and somewhat abandonned “tiers-lieux” near Paris
Education • 2022 PG Certificate in Therapeutic Photography (Robert Gordon University – School of Applied Social Studies – Aberdeen)
• 2020 Master2 in Coaching and Personal Development in Organisations (Paris Panthéon-Assas University)
• 2019 Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring (level 5) - Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM UK)
• 1984 Master in Management Sciences (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University)
• Certified COF (Cultural Orientation Framework, Philippe Rosinski)
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