Portraits de Villes by Patrick Messina
photography book
size. 13 x 21cm, 64 pages
language. english, french
made in France
originally published in 2008
Photographic book
Portraits de Villes by Patrick Messina
photography book
size. 13 x 21cm, 64 pages
language. english, french
made in France
originally published in 2008
Patrick Messina by Antoine Ricardou
What we had in mind for Patrick, was a very poetic set of photographic miniatures he had done in Paris for Hyatt.
That was the image we had of Patrick’s work. We dreamed of a model railway Paris seen from above. As is often the case with Portraits de Villes, Patrick went his own way and did something completely different.
He spent ages fixing his view camera to the front of his Vespa and sped off to shoot Paris by night on the boulevards des Maréchaux that ring the city.
INSTAGRAM @patrick_messina YEAR OF BIRTH 1967 PLACE OF BIRTH Paris, France EDUCATION École nationale superieure Louis-Lumiere PROFESSION Photographer FAVORITE MEDIUM Photography PASSION Books & boats ROLE MODEL André S. Labarthe FAVORITE ARTIST André S. Labarthe FUN FACT I did a moving with filmmaker Abel Ferrara at Chelsea Hotel in NY
Portraits de Villes is a collection of books, where an artist is given carte blanche to illustrate a city of his / her choice.
Each book is a unique journey, guided by the singular gaze of an artist.
