Hermann DEZA aka HERMOSDEF!I was born in Paris in 1975, the 3rd child of migrants from Ivory Coast, West Africa. The 2 great passions of my life are music and photography. Because I didn't want to choose one over the other I decided to intimately entwine and combine these 2 worlds in my work. While Hip Hop and Soul have always been with me ever since I can remember, I became interested in photography while doing a media course during my 5 years of higher education in London (1997). I made the switch to digital in 2002 and have been addicted ever since. I've been told that my pictures have a "whole lot of Soul". I call my art AFROPICS.
I'm part of the collective Organic Soul Crew
with DORLIS
and KIJA
(www.organicsoulcrew.com coming soon)
I am available for assigments and freelance gigs. Please contact me on afropics@hotmail.fr
The pictures on this gallery are All Rights Reserved.
- JoinedJuly 2005
- OccupationPhotographer
- HometownParis
- Current cityParis
- CountryFrance
- Emailafropics@hotmail.fr
- Websitehttp://www.hermosdef.com
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Portraitiste avant tout, Hermann nous livre toujours des images extèmement soignèes. si son attention ne laisse passer aucune faiblesse sur le plan technique, elle n'en reste pas moins tout aussi rigoureuse quant au regard porté sur l'humain. Si j'avais à définir son travail, je le présenterais comme s'inscrivant plas… Read more
Portraitiste avant tout, Hermann nous livre toujours des images extèmement soignèes. si son attention ne laisse passer aucune faiblesse sur le plan technique, elle n'en reste pas moins tout aussi rigoureuse quant au regard porté sur l'humain. Si j'avais à définir son travail, je le présenterais comme s'inscrivant plastiquement dans les critéres de la photographie de musique soul, rythm and blues, et bien entendu Hip Hop mais avec la particularité de mettre systhématiquement en avant la personalité de son modèle dans ce qu'il a de plus tendre, de plus fragile. Les visages sont sculptés à grands coups de lumière et nous rapellent qu'ils ne sont que la partie visible de toute une histoire. M'adressant aux portraits de Hermann je terminerai par un vers de Senghor dans sa "Prière aux Masques" : "Vous distillez cet air d'éternité où je respire l'air de nos pères"
Read lessHermosdef. Representing Black Paris. Going from strength to strength. Growing every day. A very important photographer of this time.
The man, the life, the music soulsearching, the photography
HermosDef plays with contrast perfectly.He knows how to capture strong and intense moments.His portraits are always amazing,intriguing and powerful.And his passion for music shines in every pictures. Of course,he is a supergreat photographer but he is also a very kind and humble man.And it's the more important.Glad … Read more
HermosDef plays with contrast perfectly.He knows how to capture strong and intense moments.His portraits are always amazing,intriguing and powerful.And his passion for music shines in every pictures. Of course,he is a supergreat photographer but he is also a very kind and humble man.And it's the more important.Glad to count you as a friend. Sky's the limit, Soul is everything, So keep on grooving!
Read lessdefinitely a lot of soul--for real i think i'm looking at the Pete Rock of portraiture.
This man here, has a marvelous eye and a style that is all his own! I don't ordinarily do testemonials, but I got tired of leaving comments on all his shots ^^ Let's just say I vouch for his work and look foward to new additions...

