Photography Careers

This film will take you to the CIRCAD HQ on the eve of Jane Evelyn Atwood's retrospective exhibition at the MEP. The founders of this illustrious studio, Patrick Bouteloup and Didier Le Tumelin, who have never needed to advertise their skills, call to mind the ways in which they intervene to present photography.

From start to finish, they support the artists as the exhibition takes shape; they share their research. From a photo, they visualize the wood for the frames, from the frames, they imagine the colour of the wall... Exhibiting is an art!

Discovering the profession of food photographer at Studio B, Paris, going to and fro between two sets, two photographers, in a beehive atmosphere. To arouse desire, the team (photographer, food stylist and decorator, retoucher, graphics artist) have vast know-how at their disposal, as well as a box of tricks that allows them to recreate the "natural" look. The kitchen is but yards from the set; a fraction of a second separates shooting and post-production. A highly technical exercise, like a bee dance, that demands constant adaptation to product, format and client against a tight timetable.

In his Montrouge laboratory, Diamantino Quintas welcomes the American photographer Tyler Gamble. Together, they seek the right density and contrast for a large format print. From the lab's darkness to daylight, they come and go between the negative and the paper. A gelatin silver print is constructed from myriad touches. It's a demanding craft that relies on many techniques. Diamantino Quintas sheds light on the images photographers bring him until he finds emotion.