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Jean-Christian Bourcart

Jean-Christian Bourcart (born 1960) is a French artistic photographer and film maker. He collected unsold wedding pictures, photographed in brothels and S&M cubs, photographed New Yorkers stuck in traffic jams, projected pictures of Iraqi victims on American houses, churches and supermarkets, wrote and published his autobiography and documented lengthy the city of Camden, NJ, one of the poorest and most dangerous city in the USA. He also directed two fiction feature movies, the first one during the war in Bosnia, the second, a sci-fi thriller in New York art world, starring the awards-winner Elodie Bouchez. He is also an active video filmmaker.

Jean-Christian Bourcart

Born
1960 · Colmar.
Nationality
France
Occupation
photographer · video artist
Honours
World Press Photo of the Year · Niépce Prize
Languages
French

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Jean-Christian Bourcart (born 1960) is a French artistic photographer and film maker. He collected unsold wedding pictures, photographed in brothels and S&M cubs, photographed New Yorkers stuck in traffic jams, projected pictures of Iraqi victims on American houses, churches and supermarkets, wrote and published his autobiography and documented lengthy the city of Camden, NJ, one of the poorest and most dangerous city in the USA. He also directed two fiction feature movies, the first one during the war in Bosnia, the second, a sci-fi thriller in New York art world, starring the awards-winner Elodie Bouchez. He is also an active video filmmaker.

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Jean-Christian Bourcart (born 1960) is a French photographer and video artist. The photographer was born in Colmar.

Languages used include French. Jean-Christian Bourcart received Niépce Prize and World Press Photo of the Year.

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  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Archives and collections
  3. 03Honours and memberships
  4. 04Notes, references and evidence

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