About

Find here my biography as well as the list of my recent works in architectural and interior photography, my exhibitions, editions, awards, articles and interviews.

Biography

An engineer by training, Pierre gave up integrated circuits for architectural photography. Born in 1982 in the Saint Pierre and Miquelon Islands in North America, Pierre was very early on marked by the striking contrast between the small colored wooden houses of his native archipelago of 6,000 inhabitants, and the ultramodern towers of large North American cities. After pursuing scientific studies in France and working for several years in computer labs, he decided to go against the grain by choosing artistic creation as a profession and as a way of life.

Based in Paris, France, he now dedicates himself to his profession as an architectural photographer and his artistic photography work. His style is characterized by a minimalist aesthetic that he puts at the service of the natural beauty of buildings, their geometry, their volumes, their colors …

A doctor from the Sorbonne University – Pierre et Marie Curie campus, trained in photography at the famous Gobelins image school, Pierre won the architectural photography competition organized in 2018 by the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. He won the Unsplash Photographer of the Year award in 2017 and 2018. He had his first solo exhibition in 2019, at the Europia gallery, Paris. His work has been published in L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui, Archinect Magazine, Fisheye Magazine, Phototrend, Prodibi.

Pierre produces architectural and interior design photography reports. Its practice covers all types of construction in public spaces: offices, residential buildings, major facilities and infrastructures, hotels, restaurants, luxury boutiques, etc.

For more information, check out my architectural photography skills and the main services I offer to architects, owners and journalists.

Latest architectural reports

Massy-sur-mesure – Fresh Architecture

Picasso Museum

Les Caryatides Residence – Manolo Nuñez-Yanowsky

Park and Chateau de Rentilly – Xavier Veilhan, Philippe Bona and Elisabeth Lemercier

Villa Arson, Nice – Michel Marot

Villa Savoye – Le Corbusier

Maeght Foundation – Josep Lluís Sert

Simone Veille student residence – AVVP Architecture

Louis Vuitton Foundation – Gehry Partners

Tribal Act tattoo and piercing studio – FREAKS Architecture

Copenhagen Business School (CBS) – Henning Larsen Architecture A / S

Mekoprint Chemigraphics and Mekoprint Electronics factories – Henning Larsen Architecture A / S

Nordea Bank Headquarters – Henning Larsen Architecture A/S

Enghøj Kirke – Henning Larsen Architecture A/S

Crematorium, Ringsted, Denmark – Henning Larsen Architecture A/S

Former Nordea Bank Headquarters – Henning Larsen Architecture A/S

Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S International Center – Henning Larsen Architecture A/S

Gentofte Municipal Library – Henning Larsen Architecture A/S

Malmö Stadsbibliotek – Henning Larsen Architecture A/S

Roskilde University Library – Henning Larsen Architecture A/S

Moesgaard Museum – Henning Larsen Architecture A/S

Danish National Opera – Henning Larsen Architecture A/S

Latest interior architecture & design reports

Brach Hotel, Paris

Cours des Vosges Hotel, Paris

Grands Boulevards Hotel, Paris

D’Orsay store, Paris

Holiday Boileau Boutique, Paris

Nous Boutique, Paris

Yvon Lambert bookstore, Paris

Cheval D’Or Restaurant, Paris

Cravan Restaurant, Paris

Kitsuné Louvre Restaurant, Paris

Le Chardenoux Restaurant – Cyril Lignac, Paris

Maison SOTA Restaurant, Paris

AT Restaurant, Paris

Girafe Restaurant, Paris

Robert Restaurant, Paris

Exhibitions, editions

May 2019. “(Dé) Constructions” Exhibition. Europia Gallery, 15 avenue de Ségur, 75007 Paris.

Photobook Fisheye Magazine, Issue 3, Spring 2019

Awards, articles and interviews

Winner of the architectural photography competition organized in 2018 by the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris.

Photographer of the year 2017 and summer 2018 awards. Unsplash.

May 2019. France Info TV report on my artistic work.

May 2019. Article about my work in Phototrend.

September 2018. Article on my photographic work published in the French magazine “L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui”.

Interview “Colorful and minimalist architecture photography by Pierre Châtel-Innocenti” (Prodibi).

Interview on my artistic work published in Archinect magazine (article by Shane Reiner-Roth).

Feature of my photographic work on Instagram published by Fisheye magazine.