Questioning the world

Bio

Daniel Dabriou was born and lives in Guadeloupe. His interest in the world through photography goes back to his childhood. Coming from a cultural environment shaped by orality, he never ceases to question the relationship between image and word.

Man, in all his complexity, is the basis of his photographic research. He uses the poetic dimension of the image to break away from the archetypes representative of Caribbean territories.

His photographic approach is both documentary and staged. His work is hybrid, using both digital and film. For Daniel Dabriou, the view camera provides access to another temporality of photography. His interest in old photographic printing processes, such as callitype and cyanotype, is increasingly present in his work. His practice is multi-faceted, and he refuses to be confined to one type of photography, preferring to explore and explore different territories.

Photography is to Daniel Dabriou what a book is to a writer, a concrete, palpable way of presenting thoughts and reflections: « The idea is the work of art, photography is the means of materializing it ».

Since 2010, he has presented his work at various cultural events and group and solo exhibitions in Guadeloupe, the Caribbean and mainland France.

In addition to his personal practice, he regularly teaches photography in preparatory classes for
art school.

Personal exhibitions

2022

Re/naissance, MUSARTH (Museum of Art and History), Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe

2018

«59°», St. John Perse Museum Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.

2014

«59°», Ecomuseum of Marie-Galante, Habitation Murat, Guadeloupe.

2013

« Koulè a Vim », Fort Fleur d’Epée, Gosier, Guadeloupe. For the release of the book devoted to the group.

2012

« Koulè a Vim », Pavilion of the City, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.

Group exhibits

2022

«Dlo Doubout», V3, Tour Bidouane, Saint Malo, France

2018

« Les Murs galerie Pôle caraïbes » Guadeloupe Pôle Caraïbes Airoport

2018

«Dlo Doubout», V2, web exhibition

2017

« Between dance and trance » St. John Perse Museum, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe

2017

« Carré d’art de Guadeloupe » Carifesta, Barbade

2016/17

« Carré d’art de Guadeloupe » Governement House, Saint-John’s, Antigua

2014

«Dlo Doubout», St. John Perse Museum, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.

2012

«Bémao Mimas’ Art», commissioned by the City of Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe.

59°A land, men, a rum

Appearance

dlo doubout

Slaveries

Between dance and trance

The choice

The sea, a barrier, a border...

Carnival...

MACTe : Photography is memory...