Jean Rouzaud
France

Nominee

"Crystal ball and physalis"

AT HOME

Biography: Jean Rouzaud was born in 1951. Photography has been his passion since adolescence. After a fulfilling professional career, he now dedicates himself entirely to his photographic work. A self-taught photographer, he has produced around 35,000 images, exploring matter, landscapes, and nocturnal scenes of nature. Since the 1970s, he has designed and built his own lighting systems — projectors, generators, and custom light sources — to reveal ice, textures, and natural forms. In the 1980s, he began personal research on the focusing of light, deepening his understanding of the relationship...