Caroline Halley des Fontaines
Artist
I am an artist photographer who always wanted to explore the world and its secrets and legends. I started young at 20 when I first went walking across the Himalayas.
I have been fullfilled and feel grateful for these long journeys around the world. I took photos all over the planet working with people, their stories and landscapes, always creating a collaboration to claborate the best photograph with them that could relate to their archaic realms.
In every place there is an hidden world waiting to offer its treasure, and a magic line is connecting everything in between all human beings.
The project "time and silence" took me to filming also, as it was more narrative and alive for me, esspecially as an opportunity to show this long term art work through multi media installations.
"time and silence" has been traveling all over Europe and the United States (New York, Los Angeles) and has been supported by major foundations and art collectors.
2015
Artistic director on a feature film about Mr Giori’s life. 2015/2016
Giori films production - Luxembourg
2014
Conception and realization of an art project (photos/videos/drawing) project on the inner experience of colors
2014-2020
2011
Filming project “The dark” documentary fiction for theatre on the last pelgrimage of Joan Halifax in Tibet.
Mangusta production New York USA
2009
Photo and video project on the meaning of life – “urban zen temple” exhibition project in New York 2011
Conception and realization of independent films, videos, interviews.
2007- 2008
Photographic and video work “Babel” (the bounders of knowledge)
Photographic and film project on legends:
*legend of the sacred bird “Mata” (easter island- Chili)
*legend of the white virgin (Lalibela- Ethiopia)
Book projects with the editions Teneues (German) and editions La Martiniere (french)
1999/2008
Realization of the photographic project « Time and silence »
Shooting in India (women jail Jaipur), Tibet-Nepal-India (exile paths), Afghanistan
(The hazarah from bamyan), Cambodge (siem reap), Kenya (vanishing tribes of samburu), Sri Lanka (slavery and tea plantations), Ethiopia (the keepers of the temples of lalibela), Egypte (touaregs’s memory)
Sponsors : Fuji, Leica, Labo Dupon, Kodak (sponsor for young talents), Foundation Bianimale NewYork. Voyageurs du Monde, Tiare group, Tibetan foundation Switzerland/ Spain/ USA, Accor Group; Air France…
Exhibitions :
- 2014: Solo Exhibition Q206 Gallery Berlin Germany
Polaroids
- 2014 : Solo Exhibition “Voyages aux centres de la terre” (journeys to the centers of the earth)
Hotel de sauroy Paris- Curator Me Laura serani
- 2011: Solo Exhibition Urban Zen temple Project – Urban Zen studio – multi media installation - New York – Dona Karan Studio Soho
- 2009: Solo exhibition – Historical library of Clamar- Paris/France
- 2008 March: Exhibition at Camera Work Gallery- Berlin- “Time and silence”
- 2007 : Represented by Camera Work Art Gallery- Berlin - Germany
Photo London, Paris photo, Miami photo art fares
- May 2007 : Exhibition Stephan Weiss Art space (Dona Karan Art space)
“Urban zen temple”- Installation photo/video
- 2007 Represented by Camera Work Gallery (Berlin- Hambourg- International)
-2006 Nov- Jan 2007: House of the photography - Lille - Frane
Exhibition “Indianscope” – Lille 3000
Installation Video and photography
- 2006 Sept : Exhibition– Stephan weiss studio New York (Dona Karan Art space)
- 2006 May june : Exhibition (solo) “The exil path”
Tiare exhibition space- Paris
- 2006 Jan Art Gallery Rabouan Moussion- Paris
Exhibition (solo )“Time and silence”
- 2003 May- June : Lugano Switzerland
Exhibition (solo) “the exile path”
Extract from « Time and silence»
- 2003 Janv : Los angeles Photo fare - On the path gallery
-2003 Janv: Solo exhibition - Gallery On the path Santa Monica/Los angeles California
- Month of photography Paris 2002 - 16 no/14 janv
Iris Gallery - "Regards rebelles"
- 2001 European Parlment (1st world wide congress against death penalty)
Exhibition (solo) «freedom with no wings » sponsored by Dupon
- 2000 May : EDF exhibition space - the bosniac world
