BIO
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Claude Charlier is an artist born in Nancy, France. He knew by the age of 12 that painting and photography was going to be his life's passion, though his studies remained on the classical arts; music and fine art in particular. After the usual first jobs, including working as a photographer for the French Governement, he was asked to come and work at Paris Match after doing a scoop of a jail revolution. At that time, he also started to collaborate with Shuji Terayama, writer and director of the Tenjo Sajiki and Suzuki Tadashi director of the Waseda Shogekijo, then co-wrote and directed “Laurence de Paris”. But soon, he left Paris and London for Tokyo, and began a life that took him all over the world. Apart frompainting & photography, he also worked as an art director for 4 years creating international campaigns for majors Japanese companies, did a couple of TV shows for Japanese networks and helped in creating several magazines like Tokyo Journal, Vu and G magazine. Claude has lived and worked in Japan, Europe, South East Asia and in the USA, where he currently resides. His work has appeared inof the world’s major publications, and his client list includes an impressive list of the world’s major corporations and publications. He has won back to back awards for best annual reports over a six year period, and received the Mercury Award for his work for Ricoh Company, Best advertising campaign for NEC twice, Best magazine add for Nikon Camera campaign, etc.... Several of his shows have been sponsored by Nikon, Pentax, Ilford & Kodak. Claude Charlier is listed in both the “Dictionnaire des Photographes” and in the “Encyclopedie de la Photographie”.His works has also been purchased by several museums, and by private collectors. |
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