My name is Franck Alasseur, born on July 29, 1976, in Lyon, France

I hold a degree in Fine Arts from St Étienne (DNAP 2001) as well as a master’s in painting from the Fine Arts Academy in Nancy (DNSEP 2003).

After obtaining my degrees, my artistic life took a unique turn. In 2003, I moved to Prague, where I dedicated twenty years to photography, mainly exploring portrait and experimenting with light in both color and black and white.

One of my most notable series « Une demi-seconde » presents an experiment and explains the only common rule: the duration of the exposure time. Everything else is open, variable.

The author himself speaks of the photographs in the cycle « Une demi-seconde » as an experience : « They touch the limits of what we see. Added to this is the recording of the movement of the observed reality and of myself. I try to move in the same direction; it resembles expressionist painting, but unlike expressionist painting, I cannot pre-insert anything, I work with total virtuality, I don’t know in advance what it will be, I can’t plan anything. »

For exemple, this triptych photography inspired by the book « logic of sensation » by Gilles Deleuze on the work of Francis Bacon.

In 2021, my artistic journey naturally led me back to my roots in painting. Seeking a more tangible and earthly expression, I established my own studio in Prague, on the border of Vinohrady.