Jacques Alexandre

Jacques Alexandre is a French photographer known for his artistic photography in two main artistic styles: First his romantic "impressionism period" in the 1970s, influenced by the impressionism paintings and then his "hyperrealistic period" starting in the 1980s, with straight compositions and strong colors. He is also well known for his lifestyle images for the medias worldwide.

Education He received his artistic training at the Academy of Fine Arts in France and his photographic training at the State College of Photography in Cologne, Germany (Graduated Photo-Designer). Besides his main theme of depicting natural young women, couples and children, Jacques Alexandre also made pictures of landscapes, flowers and still life. Several of his photographs which included look like oil paintings. Most of his work gives an impression of timelessness because it was made in a preserved nature without buildings, cars and people. His photography was compared and Photo Magazine, Paris, France. As printed art works declined because of the emerging technologies, Jacques Alexandre decided to also create photographs for the medias and make his images accessible worldwide through stock agencies.

In 1998 he published his own printed photo catalogue "The Best Of Jacques Alexandre" for the leading Stock Agencies (DIN A4, 208 pages, 85.000 copies) with 1.008 images of kids, families, beauty, lifestyle, landscape, nature, stills and artistic works. Today, 8,000 images by Jacques Alexandre can be found worldwide through Stock Agencies.

In the 80s and 90s, Jacques Alexandre used to spend every year several months on the Spanish island of Ibiza and in Southern France and worked with mostly natural, non-professional models. In the 90s, he started large life style photo productions for stock in Southern France and on the Maldives with a staff of professional models, assistants and makeup artists. The artistic images of Jacques Alexandre contain no after effects in the photo laboratory or digitally, everything has to be done during the photo shooting. This process requires an exact concept, organisation, preparation and meticulous working on the set, nothing must be subject to fortuity.

Awards 1966 – 1st Award of the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO) 1970 – Award of the Asahi Pentax World Photo Contest 1980 – Kodak Photo Book Award for his children book "The Little Red Cat", published by Belser Reich Verlag, Lucerne, Switzerland

Selected books "Der kleine rote Kater" (The Little Red Cat), 1980 – Belser Reich Verlag, Switzerland – "The best nudes", 1981 – Haga Shoten, Japan "Jacques Alexandre 1", 1982 – NGS, Japan – C3072 "Jacques Alexandre 2", 1982 – NGS, Japan – C3072 "Aktfotos meisterhaft gestalten", 1992 – Knapp Verlag, Germany – "Jacques Alexandre", 1994 – NGS, Japan –

Selected magazine pictorials Magazine Month Year Country Description Playboy February 1975 Germany 8 pages of the "Playmate of the Year" Color Foto June 1976 Germany 4 pages photo essay about Jacques Alexandre Color Film April 1977 Germany Cover and 12 pages, photo essay Mode und Wohnen April 1979 Germany 6 pages, report Ibiza house Color Foto October 1979 Germany Cover and 10 pages photo essay about Jacques Alexandre Color Foto December 1980 Germany 8 pages photo essay about Jacques Alexandre Color Foto April 1982 Germany Cover by Jacques Alexandre Color Foto September 1982 Germany Cover and 7 pages, photo essay about Jacques Alexandre Zoom December 1982 France Cover and 6 pages, photo essay about Jacques Alexandre Photo October 1982 France Cover and 8 pages, photo essay about Jacques Alexandre Color Foto April 1982 Germany Cover by Jacques Alexandre Fotoheft April 1982 Germany Cover by Jacques Alexandre Color Foto October 1984 Germany Cover and 6 pages, photo essay about Jacques Alexandre Color Foto January 1987 Germany Cover and 8 pages photo essay about Jacques Alexandre Foto January 1987 Germany 8 pages photo essay about Jacques Alexandre Foto January 1990 Germany 6 pages, photo essay about Jacques Alexandre The Regent 1990 China 8 pages, photo essay about Jacques Alexandre Color Foto November 1990 Germany 6 pages photo essay about Jacques Alexandre Das Magazin May 1996 Germany 6 pages, photo essay about Jacques Alexandre