Antoine Schneck presents an exhibition at Studio Harcourt, curated by Photo Days.

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For Photo Days, Antoine Schneck has put together a structured journey through different series, ranging from his frontal portraits to the recumbent statues of the Basilica of Saint-Denis and his thousand-year-old olive trees. Between precision of gesture and abstraction of background, the presence of the model and the effacement of the photographer create a dialogue with a place where the history and modernity of portraiture respond to each other. Created with the same precision, the same obsession with detail, and the same sensitive memory, they naturally resonate with the aesthetics of Studio Harcourt, where the art of portraiture is rooted in tradition and focused on the essential.

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Photography entered Antoine Schneck's life when, at the age of 12, he discovered an old Kodak camera in a closet. A vocation was born, and from then on his heroes were Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, Richard Avedon, and Marc Riboud. Antoine Schneck went on to study at the Louis Lumière film school. It was only at the age of 30 that Antoine Schneck devoted himself fully and definitively to photography. From the outset, portraiture proved to be his favorite subject. Antoine Schneck worked with a view camera before adopting digital technology, which he appreciates for its extreme quality and perfect definition. Antoine Schneck is represented by the Berthet-Aittouarès gallery, which has devoted several exhibitions to his work.