John Batho

French, born 1939

Birth placeFrance

BiographyJohn BATHO, born in Normandy in 1939, started his career as a photographer in 1961. In 1963, he undertook research that soon revealed his personal vision of color in the field of photography. In 1977, he won the Kodak Prize of Photographic Reviewers. Many exhibitions and publications followed, which ensured an international diffusion to his works. From 1979, he regularly led colour photography training courses. From 1983 to 1990, he taught as a junior lecturer in the departement of visual arts, at the University of Paris VIII. Since 1992, he has been a senior lecturer for National Art Schools and has been teaching at the " Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts " in Dijon. John BATHO uses photography because of its plastic qualities. This then explains his interest in the photographic phenomenon and in the different procedures and media. His works are present in many public and private collections in France and abroad.

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