Nicolas
Poillot

Directeur artistique

BIO

NICOLAS POILLOT (B. 1978) IS A FREELANCE ART DIRECTOR AND CREATIVE CONSULTANT. AFTER WORKING FOR 8 YEARS IN ADVERTISING AGENCIES AS AN ART DIRECTOR, FOR THE HAVAS GROUP, HE JOINED VICE MAGAZINE (FRANCE) IN 2010 AS THE PHOTO EDITOR. IN 2012, NICOLAS CO-FOUNDED ÉTUDES, A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FASHION LABEL, PUBLISHING HOUSE, AND CREATIVE AGENCY WHERE HE OVERSAW THE BRAND'S VISUAL CONTENT, AS WELL AS THE PUBLISHING HOUSE. AS MUCH AS HE LOVES SUPERVISING PHOTO SHOOTS AND TAKING A STEP BACK BEHIND THE CAMERA, NICOLAS IS ALSO A KEEN PHOTOGRAPHER. HIS AESTHETIC OSCILLATES BETWEEN DOCUMENTARY AND FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY, STAYING IN LINE WITH HIS ART DIRECTION PRACTICE.

Enseignements

PRATIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE

PHOTOGRAPHY

PRATIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE

with Nicolas Poillot

The "Commission & Photography" course aims to conceptualize and produce visual content for an editorial series, emphasizing applied photography and collaboration with an Art Director. It allows students to explore various photographic territories such as editorial, documentary, fashion, still life, and fiction. Objectives include understanding editorial commissions, conceptualizing and presenting ideas, as well as effectively collaborating with an Art Director. Students are required to produce a series of images while adhering to the given theme and constraints, while also developing preliminary research, a structured methodology, series architecture, and finding solutions to creative problems encountered. The theme involves each student selecting and photographing three personal objects that are particularly meaningful to them.

PRATIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE

PHOTOGRAPHY

PRATIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE

with Nicolas Poillot

By conceptualizing and producing the visual content for a magazine, themed - RESISTANCE - the students approached the notion of applied photography in a practical, creative and professional way in close collaboration with an Art Director.