honorable mention
romain thiery france
title
Requiem pour pianos
Faced with Romain Thiery’s lens, these great houses have lost their glory. However, lurking in the shadows, astonishing wood and cast iron monsters with lacquered skin display their toothless smiles with ivory reflections. These pianos are the soul of the place, too heavy objects to be moved that the photographer unceasingly tracks down « even in the middle of a ruined space, the piano never ceases to preserve its power. He is there, he thrones with all his nobility. » The production of this series doesn’t leave anything to chance. It offers Romain Thiery the privilege of combining two passions, image and music.
Romain Thiery believes that the piano is deeply rooted in the depths of our culture and has sought to explore the instrument from an original angle. This research has led him to visit much of Europe and the United States.
The series resulting from Romain Thiery's work is entitled "Requiem pour Pianos".
Romain Thiery believes the piano to be, in his own words, « deeply rooted in the depths of our culture » and sought to explore the instrument from an original angle. He made his life’s mission to combine his two biggest passions and set out to find abandoned mansions around Europe where old pianos had been left behind. His modus operanti would be to scout buildings with abandoned and often broken pianos inside and document them, standing like derelict yet graceful centerpieces within equally derelict interiors, ravaged by the merciless passing of time. The series that emerged from Thiery’s work is called « Requiem pour pianos » and has catapulted the photographer name into notoriety among tastemakers and art connoisseurs around the world.
Thiery's photography has been commissioned by musical institutions such as Steinway & Sons in Germany ; the most pretigious piano brand in the world, and MusicTheatertage in Vienna in Austria. In addition, he has collaborated with book publishers, music publishers and artists around the world. Work of Romain Thiery was featured in interviews for ElPais, DerSpiegel, LonelyPlanet, Cultura Inquieta, Aesthetica Magazine and many more.
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entry description
Romain Thiery, living near Montpellier, France, is an artist photographer born in 1988. Romain is an amateur pianist who started learning the piano at the age of 5. He started photography about 15 years ago as a result of his mother's work in heritage photography. This hobby became a passion and eventually a personal artistic approach the day he found a piano in an abandoned castle in the south of France.Faced with Romain Thiery’s lens, these great houses have lost their glory. However, lurking in the shadows, astonishing wood and cast iron monsters with lacquered skin display their toothless smiles with ivory reflections. These pianos are the soul of the place, too heavy objects to be moved that the photographer unceasingly tracks down « even in the middle of a ruined space, the piano never ceases to preserve its power. He is there, he thrones with all his nobility. » The production of this series doesn’t leave anything to chance. It offers Romain Thiery the privilege of combining two passions, image and music.
Romain Thiery believes that the piano is deeply rooted in the depths of our culture and has sought to explore the instrument from an original angle. This research has led him to visit much of Europe and the United States.
The series resulting from Romain Thiery's work is entitled "Requiem pour Pianos".
about the photographer
Romain Thiery, a native of France who lives in Montpellier, is a self-taught professional photographer, born on July 4 1988. Romain was a amateur pianist starting learning piano at the age of 5 years old. Starting photography 10 years ago following the work of his mother specialized in heritage photography. That hobby turned into a passion and, eventually, a profession the day he found a forgotten piano in an abandoned castle in south of France.Romain Thiery believes the piano to be, in his own words, « deeply rooted in the depths of our culture » and sought to explore the instrument from an original angle. He made his life’s mission to combine his two biggest passions and set out to find abandoned mansions around Europe where old pianos had been left behind. His modus operanti would be to scout buildings with abandoned and often broken pianos inside and document them, standing like derelict yet graceful centerpieces within equally derelict interiors, ravaged by the merciless passing of time. The series that emerged from Thiery’s work is called « Requiem pour pianos » and has catapulted the photographer name into notoriety among tastemakers and art connoisseurs around the world.
Thiery's photography has been commissioned by musical institutions such as Steinway & Sons in Germany ; the most pretigious piano brand in the world, and MusicTheatertage in Vienna in Austria. In addition, he has collaborated with book publishers, music publishers and artists around the world. Work of Romain Thiery was featured in interviews for ElPais, DerSpiegel, LonelyPlanet, Cultura Inquieta, Aesthetica Magazine and many more.
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