l u d o v i c b a l a y
artist based in paris
about ludovic
born in brittany, ludovic currently lives and works in paris. after pursuing studies in the humanities, he turned to photography and enrolled at ENS louis-lumière. his childhood is particularly marked by a close contact with the ocean, which instills his work with a very graphic and cinematographic sensitivity. with a singular look on the poetry of daily life, he enjoys capturing scenes of the everyday with intense lights and a refined aesthetic. he is inspired by different visual worlds such as photography, design or architecture, but also music and literature.
clients include : ad magazine, abound studio london, aesop, auguri studio, atelier deux-cé, belmond, bernard dubois, bonpoint, boucheron, buddy buddy, cake design agency, chanel mode, club med, courrèges, hôtel rochechouart, ecci studio, éditions flammarion, desselle partners, eminente rum, festen architecture, galerie jaïs, garance vallée, gilles & boissier home, gramme, halleroed, hôtel dame des arts paris, htsi magazine, humbert & poyet, izipizi, les composantes, m le magazine du monde, maison nicole intérieur, milk magazine, mint magazine, miso studios, necchi architecture, nordic knots, octobre éditions, opéra de paris, orris paris, papotte, paraboot, paradowski, saint laurent, saint lazare agency, sézane, soho house, studio haddou dufourcq, tip toe, vabel london, veja, vogue magazine, voyage voyage magazine
“my work is united in its preference for vivid, nuanced colors and minimal, natural settings”
IGNANT — artist feature, 2023
l’automne se souviendra
documentary
synopsis : with robert, there is no possibility of boredom setting in. according to him,“there is always something that needs to be done”: apples to collect, wood to chop, a barn to clean … the clock strikes 5 pm, it’s time to go back home to simone to share a cup of coffee and take a break. an opportunity, perhaps, to learn a little bit more about how to make a good cider, when to plant tomatoes, and so much more ; to collect some anecdotes about his youth - so many memories of a fulfilled life.
directed by ludovic balay, sound creation by barttolo labescau, with the participation of simone and robert rio.