Biography
Photographer Raphaël Dallaporta, born in France in 1980, has garnered international acclaim for his its rigorous protocols and documentary conviction.
He is concerned with public issues addressing human rights as well as more symbolic subjects such as the fragility of life. His long term projects which combine text and images are a product of his collaborations with professionals from a wide range of fields. He has worked closely with a landmine clearer (Antipersonnel), a reporter who covers social work as it intersects with the law (Domestic Slavery), forensic pathologist (Fragile) and most recently archeologists (Ruins).
Raphael Dallaporta is the winner of the 2010 Young Photographer ICP Infinity Award and Foam’s 2011 Paul Huf Award. Solo exhibitions include “Raphaël Dallaporta, Protocole” at Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, in 2010, ‘Antipersonnel’ selected by Martin Parr Rencontres d’Arles 2004 , among many others in Europe, Asia and USA. His work is included in the collections of the Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland; Fond National d’Art Contemporain (FNAC), Paris, the Maison Europeenne de la Photographie (MEP), Paris or the New York Public Librairy, USA.
From September 2014 Raphael Dallaporta will be the next resident photographer of the Académie of France in Rome - Villa Medici.
