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Thierry Clech
North India

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  • © Thierry Clech

  • © Thierry Clech

  • © Thierry Clech

  • © Thierry Clech

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  • © Thierry Clech


Thierry Clech (www.thierryclech.com) is a French photographer based in Paris. He works exclusively in black and white film. He photographs in locations worldwide, ranging from India, Hong Kong, Istanbul, to Tokyo. He also photographs in his native Paris, particularly the business district of La Defense. He has published two books in collaboration with French novelists Philippe Jaenada and Bernard Chambaz and his work has been exhibited widely in France and abroad.

I started working on India since three years. I’ve stayed four times here : in Kerala, Kolkata, North India (between Haridwar and Varanasi), and Tamil Nadu. It is a country where everything wich seems real is not, and everything that does not seem real is terribly.

That’s what I try to illustrate with my photographs. I try to reveal that life’s mystery and dream-like nature of this country which seems to come from the middle age, but who will nevertheless probably dominate the future world.

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