Red Desert / Virgile Simon Bertrand

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Le Moniteur, Paris

ESPACE LIMINAL - Architectural Photographs by Virgile Simon Bertrand. Virgile Simon Bertrand’s large format photographs draw the viewer into the paradoxical realm of the liminal space, physical locations that can be visited, touched, pinpointed on a map or even destroyed, but which are also places of ambiguity and transition, existing at the edge of perception. Taken over a period of over three years, Bertrand’s photographs render the familiar unfamiliar using his unique perspective, reducing structures to their fundamental forms and reinterpreting those structures. Using a narrow palette of monochrome tones and colours so subtle and sparing as to be barely perceptible, Bertrand’s Liminal Spaces reveal the tenuous relationship between clarity and abstraction, encouraging ‘a floating level of perception’ within the viewer.

Starting September 11, 2008 at 7pm. Exhibition continues until 30 October 2008 Locations: Librairie du Moniteur Paris Cite de l’Architecture, 1, place du Trocadro et du 11 Novembre - 75016 Paris Librarie du Moniteur Paris Odeon, 7, Place de l'Odeon - 75006 Paris Curated by DAVINA LEE WORDS FOR PICTURES www.davinalee.com

National Portrait Gallery, London

Virgile Simon Bertrand’s photographic portrait of Chinese contemporary artist Yin Xiu Zhen has been selected for exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London for the 2008 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize Exhibition and will tour two other venues in the United Kingdom.

Starting 6 November 2008. Until 15 February 2009. Location: National Portrait Gallery St Martin's Place, London WC2H 0HE. Tel: +44 (0)20 7306 0055 http://www.npg.org.uk/

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Virgile is based in Hong Kong. HONG KONG +852 9605 7781 PARIS + 33 6840 76432

Red Desert Ltd 20/F Euro Trade Centre 21-23 Des Voeux Road Central Hong Kong, China Tel + 852 2526 4465 Fax + 852 3018 0448

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Virgile Simon Bertrand studied Applied Arts at Ecole Boulle (Paris) and photography at Ecole Nationale de la Photographie (Arles). The main preoccupations for both his personal projects and commercial assignments are structure, scale, light and space. The portraits, landscape and architecture of his personal projects focus upon the interdependency of the individual, space and scale within the built environment. He currently lives in Hong Kong and is exclusively represented by Red Desert Ltd for commercial assignments. Al Images strictly (C) Virgile Simon Bertrand

Clients Include: Swire Pacific, Price Water House Coopers, Jebsen & Co., Alain Mikli, Coach, Hermes, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Cathay Pacific Airways, Peninsula Hotels, Giorgio Armani, Time Magazine, Vogue Living Australia, Newsweek, Das Magazin, Taschen, Qvest, Wallpaper.

Red Desert Ltd was founded by photographer Virgile Simon Bertrand in 1999 to provide high quality photography internationally to commercial clients who include luxury hotels, magazines, luxury retail chains, banks, law firms, interior designers and architects. All Images (c) Virgile Simon Bertrand

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Number of Captions: 152

Edo de Waart, Conductor, Hong Kong

Peter Marino, Architect, Hong Kong

Lin Xi, Writer, Hong Kong

Bishop Zen, Hong Kong

Cui Xiu Wen, Artist, Beijing

Alan Chan, Graphic Designer, Hong Kong

Chichu Museum, Ando Tadao, Naoshima

Bethanie, Hong Kong

Benesse House, Ando Tadao, Naoshima

Annie Perret, Curator, Cannes

Xu Lei, Artist, Beijing

Lin Zhao Hua, Stage Director, Beijing

Liu Yue, Artist, Beijing

Stephen Chau, Hong Kong

Chen Ping, Fashion Designer, Shanghai

Derek Lam, Fashion Designer, Hong Kong

Peter Borer, Peninsula Hotels, Hong Kong

Tomas Maier, Fashion Designer, Hong Kong

Francis Choi, for Forbes, Hong Kong

Gong Yan, Installation Artist, Shanghai

Greg Durham, Entertainer, Hong Kong

Leo Yu, Footballer, Shanghai

Jeannie Guo, Van Cleef & Arpels, Hong Kong

Jean-Paul Goude, Photographer, Hong Kong

Michael Lam, Writer, Hong Kong

John Ying, Banker and Chairman of HK Ballet, Hong Kong

Jin R, Restaurant Owner, Beijing

Jia Zhang Ke, Film Director, Guangzhou

MEWE, Designers Alliance, Beijing

Henry Yu, Architect, Shanghai

Olivier de Grivel, JP Morgan, Hong Kong

Othoniel, Rovner, Lalanne - Artists, Hong Kong

Wan Bao Bao, Socialite, Hong Kong

Zhang Jun, Chinese Opera Singer, Shanghai

Yang Lili, Socialite, Shanghai

Benjamin Vuchot, Van Cleef & Arpels, Hong Kong

Giorgio Armani, Hong Kong

Zhang En Li, Artist, Shanghai

Du, Artist, Shanghai

CCTV Tower, OMA Architects, Beijing

Beijing Opera House, Paul Andreu, Beijing

Brasilia, Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil

Beijing Olympic Stadium, Herzog & de Meuron, Beijing

Deutsches Historisches Museum, I. M. Pei, Berlin

CCTV Tower, OMA, Beijing

Residential Project, Hong Kong

Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, India

Modern Art Museum, Ando Tadao, Fort Worth

Sydney Opera House, Jorn Utzon, Sydney

Chinati Foundation, Donald Judd, Marfa

Swire Properties, Hong Kong

Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, India

Kimbell Art Museum, Louis Kahn, Fort Worth

Brasilia, Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil

Residential Project, Hong Kong

Brasilia, Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil

Suntory Museum, Ando Tadao, Osaka

Salk Institute, Louis Khan, La Jolla

Chanel Mobile Art, Zaha Hadid, Hong Kong

Guangzhou Opera House, Zaha Hadid, Guangzhou

Xu Lei, Artist, Hong Kong

Hu Yong, Painter, Beijing

Victoria Tang, Hong Kong

Yin Xiu Zhen, Artist, Beijing.

Zhu Wei, Artist, Beijing

Yin Xiu Zhen, Beijing

Chandigarh. Le Corbusier, India

Zaragoza Bridge, Zaha Hadid, Spain

Valencia Opera House, Santiago Calatrava, Spain

Bank of China, I.M. Pei, Hong Kong

Valencia Opera House, Santiago Calatrava, Spain