French photographer Richard Vantielcke - photo illustration

Richard Vantielcke, a French photographer ?

My name is Richard Vantielcke and I'm living in Paris (France).
I am a freelance French photographer since January 2007.
"In the real world", I'm the technical manager on www.new-paris-idf.com

Why take photographs ?

I've always been fascinated and intrigued by the world images (movie, painting, animation, video games), this ability to convey an emotion, a message in a split second.
Thanks to the arrival of digital photography, my interest for photography turned into passion (possibility of multiplying shootings at reduced cost, easy post-production process on digital materials).

Own vision of photography

I consider that a successful photograph tells a story.
With digital cameras and photo editing, it is now easier to produce beautiful images, but it is much harder creating meaningful images within a personal and coherent universe.
A successful photograph must get a visceral impact on the viewer, it must catch his eyes, it must inspire him...
The aesthetic choices of composition, framing and lighting are involved in the development of what we want to show / tell / share : they are not the final goal of photography, just tools to achieve a "visual message."
I prefer an imperfect photograph which illustrates nicely its subject, rather than a perfectly executed photograph, which has nothing to show but its technical qualities.

Photo illustration for novel covers

My long term goal is to develop a business of photo illustration for books covers.
I love to create pictures that tell a story and I see no better use of my work that to illustrate a book cover, stirring up curiosity of the reader, giving him the urge to turn the page ...

What I am looking for ?

- Telling a story with photographs.
- Models to photograph or photographers to work with in order to multiply shooting experiences.
- That many people can see my photographic work.

Sources of inspiration

Directors Stanley Kubrick, Brian De Palma and Sergio Leone taught me how to compose a frame.
Painters Magritte and Dali have sparked my imagination and gave me the urge to tell stories within images.
Photographers Cedric Delsaux, Phillip Toledano, Dorothy Shoes, Matthew Dols and lot of other contemporary photographers constantly feed my love of beautiful images that have something to illustrate.

My online shop

You can order paper prints of my work on my photographs online store (in french only).

Where else can you find my photographs ?

DeviantArt / Flickr / JPGmag / Facebook / Twitter

Something else ?

In order to get your feedbacks about my work, feel free to contact me using the following contact form.
You can follow my work daily on my photoblog or on DeviantArt / Flickr / JPGmag / Facebook / Twitter