Didier Goupy France, b. 1960

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Overview
Didier Goupy

Didier Goupy (b. 1960) began his photographic journey in Morocco, and early works made in Ireland and Egypt were swiftly published in Photo Magazine and Photo Reporter. Establishing himself in Paris in the mid-1980s, he worked with the Bayard Presse group and joined the Sygma agency in 1991.

His travels through India from 1993 to 2001 marked a turning point in his practice, revealing his enduring fascination with portraiture and the expressive potential of colour - now central to his visual language. Over time, his work has evolved into an exploration of the metaphysical and painterly qualities of space, influenced by the emotive depth of Rothko and the subtle intimacy of Bonnard.
In Odyssey, Goupy’s lens turns to Icelandic landscapes as both site and symbol, reflecting on form, force, and transformation. As with Ulysses, whose long journey home was shaped by mystery and adversity, Goupy invites us into an introspective passage through image, one that blurs the boundaries between abstraction, colour, and the natural world.
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Biography
Didier Goupy

Solo Exhibitions

1993 Sâdhus, Projection, Visa Pour l’Image, Perpignan, France
2005 File indienne, Musée de la Compagnie des Indes, Port-Louis, France
2006 File Indienne, Tour Jean Sans Peur, Mois européen de la photographie, Paris, France
2007 Les Goupy à la mer, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Vannes, France
2009 Entre eux et moi, Le Kiosque Culturel, Vannes, France
2011 Metropolis, Projection, Rencontres d’Arles, France
2014 Rouge 3, Le Kiosque Culturel, Vannes, France
2016 Là...et peut-être ailleurs, Biennale des Bains numériques, Enghien-les-Bains, France
2020 Matières primaires, avec Jens Knigge, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France.
2021 Fondations, Art Paris, Stand de la Galerie Esther Woerdehoff

2022, Fondations, Galerie mhaata, Bruxelles, Belgique.

2022, Promontoires du Silence, galerie Square One, Arles, France.
2022, Fondations, Le Kiosque Culturel, Vannes, France.
2022-2023, Promontoires du Silence, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff,Genéve, Suisse
2023, Odyssée Islandaise, Galerie Square One, Arles, France.
2023, ArtParis, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France.
2023, Photobasel, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Bâle, Suisse.
2023, Fondations, The Mac Ewan Gallery, Ballater, Ecosse.
2023, Promontoires du Silence, Château du Bosmelet, Val de Scie, France.
2023, Promontoires du Silence, Galerie Cécile Loiret, Vannes, France.
2023, Mythologies, Galerie mhaata, Bruxelles, Belgique.

2025, Naissance de la Couleur / Fæðing litar, Þula, Reykjavík, Iceland.

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