Hervé Escario / FR Having discovered Archie Shepp, Josef Koudelka, Coltrane and Roy Decarava as a teenager, Hervé Escario has been continually nourished by jazz and black and white photography. A self-taught photographer, he regularly works with jazz musicians, circus artists and dancers to illustrate their internal websites, record sleeves and press photos. Winner of
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Luciano Rossetti / IT Born in 1959, he began to photograph in the late 70’s. In 2004, with other photographers, he co-founded Phocus Agency, which specializes in performance photography. In 2019, he has been among the founding members of AFIJ, the Association of Italian Jazz Photographers, where he serves as secretary and board member. Dozens of
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Hervé Escario / FR Two magical discoveries changed Hervé’s sensitive universe: Archie Shepp at the age of 12 and Josef Koudelka at 20. The photography, mainly in black and white, of jazz musicians but also of circus and dance artists became obvious. In conjunction with his job as a physical education and sports teacher, Hervé
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Didier Jallais / FR Having practised the profession of dental surgeon for 42 years, Didier Jallais has also led, in parallel, a career as a photographer, which he can now fully assume because he is retired. Very early on, in his adolescence, he was hit by a virus that was much less dangerous than the
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Giuseppe Cardoni / IT Lives in Umbria. Engineer, he prefers B/W reportage. He is co-author of the photographic book “STTL La terra ti sia lieve” (2006). With Luigi Loretoni, he published in 2008 “Miserere”, in 2011 “Gubbio, I Ceri” and in 2014 “Kovilj”. Also in 2014 he published “Boxing Notes”. reportage on the world of
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Kasia Idźkowska / PL Kasia, graduate from the reputable Warsaw School of Photography, she has also a Master’s degree in Economics, Once pursued a corporate career, she began her career as a photographer, working on the long-term project: “That’s Jazz, Babe” – through this she wants to show the contribution of jazz artists to the
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Mariusz Buczma / PL I am really pleased that photography I submitted to the competition has been appreciated. This is a great pleasure for me. I love all kinds of music especially jazz and blues. Music accompanies me almost all of the time. I don’t have many occasions to photograph music events but when I
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Didier Jallais / FR Up until now, my profession of dental surgeon (Well, no one is perfect!) has not left me much time to pursue my numerous passions, which include sports, music, piloting an helicopter and traveling around the world. But above all other interests, photography, and particularly the photography of jazz and other improvisational
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Oleg Panov / UA Born in 1962 in the family of an officer of the Border Troops. Already in my youth I began to study film photography. While studying at the Higher Military School in Moscow, he also photographed a lot. From childhood, I listened to music on my parents’ vinyl record player, then always Music
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Marion Tisserand / FR Thanks to the influence of her father who was photography lover and her father-in-law who was himself photographer, Marion Tisserand couldn’t escape the picture virus! Passionate about drawing, she spent her childhood and her adolescence with a pencil in one hand,a camera and an enlarger in the other.At the end of
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