Alain Amiand, Toulouse, FL
In Praise of Diversity.
Born in 1944 in Toulouse, France, I am a former internationally renowned advertising photographer who specialised in jewelry photography. For several years now, I have spent all my time and effort photographing uniquely the word « Hotel » (19,400 to date) after discovering the infinite variety of the presentation of the word « Hotel », always and everywhere the same word yet always different.
In 2009 and this year as well, during several exhibits in France, Germany and USA, the general public was fascinated by the diversity of my photos : «what a fantastic idea, it’s incredible, it’s marvelous, after looking at some photos discovering others is a game, I enjoy a great moment of happiness, it’s captivating, it’s beautiful and it’s peacemaking, you make us conscious of all the wonderful things around us that we do not pay attention to, including in our family, our friends, our neighbors, our colleagues. We can discover admirable qualities in everybody».
11 museums throughout the world have already decided to keep my photos in their collections.
