Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Professional photographer since 2006, I take photos for companies, individuals, events, local authorities, theater, and for all projects or associations where it is important to highlight people and their work, through portraits or reports.

I like to make poses natural and I also like to create small staged scenes, with or without auxiliary lighting.

I like to capture an event by being at the heart of the action while remaining discreet!

I like to integrate the setting with my subjects to tell a maximum of things in one image.

For all this, I observe light and its shadows, lines and shapes, without losing sight of my subject's attitudes, expressions, and emotions.

Former production graphic designer, scientist by training, and a drawer in my spare time, I have always been curious, combining observation, artistic sensitivity, and a taste for meeting people.

Creating images that surprise, move, and make you want to see them again...

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Nantes (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km), Rennes (up to 50km), Angers (up to 50km)

Xavier Curtat Photographe
Freelance photographer
June 2006 - Today (20 years)
Nantes, France

• Portraits
• Communication
• Reports
• Shoots for companies, events, local authorities, freelancers, communication agencies, theaters, artists...
Voyages en Photographie
Photoshop Retoucher
January 2007 - January 2009 (2 years)
Paris, France

• Retouching of old photos (from scans of glass plates, albumen prints...)
• Digital prints and framing
Bernard Hodes Ltd
Graphic designer (production)
January 2000 - January 2005 (5 years)
92150 Suresnes, France

• Layout of advertisements (in the field of Human Resources recruitment)
• Iconographic research
• Photoshop retouching and editing
• Preparation and sending of files to printers, for press, posters, brochures...