Jean-Philippe Gauvrit (born 1963) is a French photographer and poet. He pursued an intensive 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 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.
Jean-Philippe owns a PG Certificate in Therapeutic Photography (Robert Gordon University) and offers workshops in mindful photography. A former International CFO, he is also a professional coach, mentor and business consultant, helping people deal with intensive carreers and lifestyle.
He is married, father of an international family of 4 children and 6 grandchildren. He spends his time between the Cotentin, Paris and London.
"Photography is an encounter between the world and oneself: what do we do with it? In my projects, I am mainly interested in two themes: The confrontation with an absurd and desacralized world, through urban and intimate landscapes, and the passage, ephemeral moment or representation of the life. Poetry is the expression of an intimate and more spiritual research. Today, I try to link the two approaches. »





    Photo series

    •     Passages (2024 - auj.),  a series about impermanence, and “what has been”
    •      Dunes (2019 - to date),  a projet on the themes of light, slowing down and the ephemeral
    •   Vertigo (2013- to date), a personal reflection about my relation to Ménière’s Disease

    Cycle of the Confrontation
    •     UK, OK?  (2013 - auj.),  fragments  of London, Newcastle, Edinburgh
    •     Song of Signs (2015-2016),  Shanghai and Singapore cities, thru signs, objects and traces
    •    Shanghai Districts (2012-2015), a visual exploration of Minhang, Pudong and Baoshan districts
    •    New-Delhi (2012-2015), urban walk in New-Delhi and Gurgaon
    •   Tokyo Song (2012-2015),  Tokyo nights
    •    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     

    Publications
    •   2024, Aberration:  A photopoetry suite of 37 poems (in the English language) written with randomly generated words, and 27 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
    •  2025, Maison Diocésaine, Coutances  
    • 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

    Education & Masterclasses  
    •    PG Certificate in Therapeutic Photography (Robert Gordon University – School of Applied Social Studies – Aberdeen)
    •    Master 2 Coaching and Personal  Development in organizations (Paris Panthéon-Assas)
    •   Photography Masterclasses: Becquer Casaballe, Arnaud Claass, Lee Friedlander, Pierre Gassmann, Nathalie Luyer



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