Philip Provily, born 1968 in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Lives and works in Paris, France.

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Philip Provily is a Dutch photographer who lives and works in Paris. He has participated at various exhibitions in France, The Netherlands and foreign countries. His work has recently been published in the catalog « Le regardeur « (Editions Xavier Barral) for the Neuflize Vie collection. His photographes are also in various important collections such as the Maison Europeènne de la Photographie in Paris.

Philip Provily: "When I was 21, I started studying at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy School of Arts in Amsterdam. I graduated in 1994 with a series called "Still life" associating objects and body parts in black and white photography. I was inspired by the Dutch and Belgian painters Vermeer, Rembrandt and Magritte.

After a trip to New York, I studied at the Cooper Union School of Arts in Manhattan. I discovered the work of the photographer Irving Penn in an Art gallery, his wonderful palladium prints... and treatment of light in black and white. My passion for natural light was born...

When I was assistant to the artist photographer Rineke Dijkstra I learned the use of the technical camera. After the series Still life, I started to make color portraits.
First collaboration with Dutch gallerist Willem van Zoetendaal in Amsterdam, who invited me to contribute to the project "L'Oeil du Nord" at the Dutch Cultural Institute during the Month of Photography year 2000 in Paris. Eleven contemporary Dutch photographers were invited to show their view of Paris. During the project, I fell in love with Paris and I decided to go back six months later for a one-year residency in collaboration with a Dutch company based in Paris. I proposed them two exhibition projects. It was the start of a new life : I have been living and working in Paris since...