BIOGRAPHICAL CATALOG OF THE MODEM'S COVERS AUTHORS

2008 CONTEMPORARY ARTIST Favoris>Europe Fall-Winter 2008-2009 Cover by STÉPHANE COUTURIER Specialized in architectural photography, Stéphane Couturier began his career with several architects, including Jean Nouvel and Christian de Portzamparc to photograph their achievements. In 1988, he created an agency specialized in architecture. It was from the 90’s that he developed a photographic research on the subject of urban archeology. In his works, the relationship between past, present and future of architecture integrated into the urban fabric is revealed as a living organism. The works reproduced in this edition are part of his new series chandigarh replay. Each piece is a superposition of two photos taken in India in the city whose architecture was initiated by Le Corbusier. Facades of buildings, frescoes ... which through this process of association give us a new aesthetic vision, question us about the possibility of a future change of Chandigarh. The works of Stéphane Couturier are present in many museums and centers of contemporary art. 131