NICOLAS DERNÉ

Nicolas Derné (b. 1980) is a self-taught photographer from Martinique. He embarked on his photographic journey in 2006, three years after graduating in information technology engineering. Derné’s artistic approach is based on the use of photographic print, both as an imprint of ongoing creations and as material for new ones.

There is a dreamlike ambiguity to the resulting works, which often combine poetic and political themes and view fragments of reality through the prism of time and memory, as demonstrated by his study of Caribbean carnivals. His work is represented in national collections (CNAP) and several private ones (Dominican Republic, Dubai, Nigeria, France).