Joseph-Philippe Bévillard
"Purgatory"
photograph
transfer on canvas
(31" x 31"), 1991
North Andover, MA - Soon after enrolling as a student of fine arts at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Joseph-Philippe Bévillard changed his major area of study to photography. Bévillard, who has been deaf since the age of three, has pushes the boundaries of photography by incorporating a variety of techniques and innovations.
Bévillard uses low speed films with a tripod and a mirror lock-up device in his Hasselblad, which is also equipped with a macro lens and extension tubes. The equipment provides Bˇvillard with the tools necessary to produce sharp, saturated photographs. His abstract color photographs are the result of a trip to Cape Ann, Massachusetts where he discovered a boatyard full of dramatic colors and shapes.
Bévillard's photographic work has been exhibited throughout New England and is in many private collections.
