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Jacques Alexandre (* 18 July 1944) is a French photographer known for his artistic photography of women, kids and landscapes in two main artistic styles: First his romantic "impressionism period" in the '70s, influenced by the impressionism paintings and then his "photorealism period" starting in the '80s, with straight compositions and strong colors. He is also well known for his lifestyle images for the medias worldwide. EducationJacques Alexandre was born in Arcachon, France. He first attended the high school in Biarritz, then the "Academy for Fine Art and Academics" high school in Bayonne. With a bursary from the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO), he attended from 1966 until 1968 the Technical University of Cologne, in Cologne, Germany, class of photography, graduating with a Bachelor's degree. In 1968 he also obtained the master craftsman certification for photography at the same university. Career and styleRight after his graduation in 1968, he started working as fashion and advertising photographer for Willy Gursky, the father of Andreas Gursky. In 1969 he was head photographer for advertising and fashion in the advertising studios of the department store Kaufhof in Cologne. From 1970 until 1975 he worked as freelance cameraman for the German television station WDR. During this time he began doing work for international art publications in a romantic soft focus style, being influenced by the Impressionism and Romantic Era. His further successes included dozens of photographic books, calendars, posters, puzzles with combined sales well into the millions. Besides his main theme of depicting natural young women, couples and children, Jacques Alexandre also made pictures of landscapes, flowers and still life. Several of his photographs look like oil paintings. Most of his work gives an impression of timelessness because it was made in a preserved nature without buildings, cars and people. His photography was compared to painters like Caspar David Friedrich, Claude Monet or Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In the '80s began his "photorealism period", with straight compositions and strong colors, also for photographic books, calendars, posters, puzzles and magazines. His new style was reported in prestigious magazines like Zoom and Photo Magazine, Paris, France. As printed art works declined because of the emerging technologies, Jacques Alexandre decided to also create photographs for the medias and make his images accessible worldwide through stock agencies. ReferencesExternal links
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