Corentin Fohlen: “I am like a stage director”

Corentin Fohlen has worked as a photojournalist since 2005. Afghanistan, Ukraine, Sudan: he has crisscrossed the world documenting conflict and poverty. To take a break from reporting, he often does celebrity portraits in France: political figures, filmmakers, actors, and singers; every time the subject must be “managed,” as he puts it, to create original, surprising images.

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- November 11, 2020

by Jean-baptiste Gauvin

Corentin Fohlen, you have done portraits regularly for the past five years for various magazines and newspapers at the rate of about one a week. What do you like best about portraiture?

What I like best is the ability to create an image and...

Jean-baptiste Gauvin

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