We had taken Jochen on to work on the weekly timeline for the newspaper Le 1. Little by little, our relationship blossomed and we decided we wanted to see a city through his eyes.
Jochen came back from Stockholm with a batch of picture postcard images that he had retouched by hand, giving a special kind of magic, Chinese-shadow-style, to the city.
INSTAGRAM @jochengerner YEAR OF BIRTH 1970 PLACE OF BIRTH Nancy, France EDUCATION École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Nancy PROFESSION Artists FAVORITE MEDIUM Drawing PASSION Observation ROLE MODEL Yasujirō Ozu FAVORITE ARTIST Alexander Cozens FUN FACT I draw one or two birds every day.
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.