Renaud Konopnicki

From a young age, I experimented with various cameras to photograph my surroundings. I was immersed in the world of images in the 90s and fascinated by portraits in magazines. At the same time, I developed a strong taste for cinema and watched all types of fiction indiscriminately.

It was during my engineering studies in photonics that I realized my calling for photography. At the end of my degree, I volunteered to join the organization of the documentary image festival ImageSingulières and assisted photographer Gilles Favier. I then discovered social photography and realized that an image cannot simply be beautiful but must also bear witness or tell a story. Until then self-taught, I completed my knowledge at ETPA (higher education institution for photography) in Toulouse and moved to Paris to perfect my studio technique.

It was in 2011 that I finally managed to combine my profession with my passion for films by working on the set of Julien Abraham's film La Cité Rose. I thus specialized in set photography while continuing my experiments in portraiture and reportage. I also regularly work with actors for their portfolios and offer my portrait services to the press.

Find an excerpt of my work on renaudkonopnicki.com

Selective filmography:

Feature films:

■ Les Misérables (Ladj Ly)

■ Mon Frère (Julien Abraham)

■ Jungle Jihad (Nadir Ioulain)

■ La Cité Rose (Julien Abraham)

Short films:

■ Le Nouveau Moi (Arnaud Valois)

■ L'Intrus (Abdel Hafidh)

■ La Balance (Jean François Taver)

■ Alice la stagiaire (Nas Lazreg)

■ Mama Lova (Jean François Taver)

■ Libérable (David Ribeiro)

■ Paki's Flowers (Nas Lazreg)

■ La Piscine (Rosa Bursztein)

■ Le Petit Cyrano (Thibault Mombellet)