Stan Guigui

Born in 1969 in Paris, France
Lives and Works in Marseille, France
http://www.stanislasguigui.com

BIOGRAPHY

“If rock'n roll is to walk on the wild paths of life, Stan Guigui embodies rock in its purest state.”
Rolling Stone Magazine

French photographer, interested in the social themes of exclusion and marginal groups, he has been putting together, since 1996, a body of work, which he is not moralizing but rather questioning our capacity to be outraged by the injustice created in our society.
In 1996, Stan Guigui moves to Colombia. As a consequence of the civil war, thousands of homeless people haunt the streets of Bogota, more precisely in the El Cartucho district. In 2003, he manages to be accepted by the inhabitants of the El Cartucho district. And during the next 3 years, He will photograph these people in order to show the extremely harsh condition they live in: crack smoking, blade fights, etc... His work “Calle de Cartucho” was rewarded by PhotoEspana in 2006.
Now settled in Marseilles, where he works, Stanislas Guigui has also started a photographic project in the United States, as a counterpoint to his previous work of an other America he left not so long ago.

Between the contemporary art and the photojournalism, obsessive photographer of the underworld, of rage and revolt, Stanislas Guigui is permanently moved by the desire of exploring the darkest sides of our societies.
Interested in the social themas of exclusion and marginal groups, he has been building since 1996 a photographic work in which he is not moralizing but questioning our capacity to get indignant about the injustices created by our society.
In 1996, he moves off to Colombia. As a consequence of the civil war, thousands of homeless people haunt the streets of Bogota and more precisely of El Cartucho district, the biggest Cour des Miracles in South America. In 2003, Stanislas Guigui is accepted by the residents of that neighbourhood. He will take photographs of them during the next 3 years, showing their miserable living conditions, the smoking of crack and the fights between men armed with knives. His work was rewarded by PhotoEspana in 2006 and Unicef in 2008.
Nonconformist and engaged photographer, Stanislas Guigui's universe is populated with baroque and Fellinians characters : Cabaret New Burlesque’s girls, the second living tallest man of the world, some dwarves…Inspired by Victor Hugo who sublimates the poverty, the work of the photographer belongs a tribute in the Bohemia and in the Bohemians.

BOOKS

Atras del Muro, Stanislas Guigui, Editions Images Plurielles  2014 - 96 pages
Cabaret New Burlesque par Stanislas Guigui , Editions du Chêne 2011 - 160 pages
Célèbres Visages par Agence VU', Editions Images Plurielles 2012 - 132 pages