JEAN-BAPTISTE HUYNH was born in the French city of Chateauroux in 1966. His mother is French and his father Vietnamese. An artist of international renown, his work is represented in many of the world’s most prestigious art collections.

He is self-taught and works essentially for his own artistic production.

The power of his portraits reflects the insight and the clarity of his vision. His portraiture is both intense and intimate. He has spent more than a decade on a major project depicting faces throughout the ages of life and the world’s main ethnic and cultural groups.

Jean-Baptiste Huynh is the author of eight books of portrait photography: ‘Immortels’ in 1996, ‘Intime Infini’ in 1998, ‘Yeux’ in 2001, ‘Univers’ in 2002, ‘Mali’ and ‘Japon’ in 2003, ‘Inde’ in 2004, and ‘Ethiopie’ in 2005.

His work has been awarded some of the best-known prizes in photography, including Prix de la Fondation Hewlett Packard pour la Photographie and Prix Moins Trente du Centre National de la Photographie in 1996, Prix de la Villa Medicis hors les Murs and Prix Kodak de la Critique Photographique in 1997.

His portraits, nudes and still lifes reveal a stark, timeless universe. His collection prints are shown regularly at the international contemporary art fairs and were exhibited at the Beyeler Gallery (Switzerland) and the Moscow House of Photography (Russia) in 2004; the University of Art of Osaka (Japan) in 2002; and the European House of Photography (France) in 2001.

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