bio & shows
Bio: Tanguy embraced photography as a teenager, inspired by his father and older brother.
The constant search for the prefect print allowed him to find refuge for long hours in the dark room of the (very chaotic) family apartment in Paris, France, equipped with his dad’s gear and chemicals, some of them dating back to his grandfather, an avid and extremely talented photographer.
Although Tanguy keeps his favorite 35 mm nearby ready for action, and recently brought back home his grandfather’s 1932 Voigtländer Brilliant, he now finds himself working mostly with a digital camera and, yes, a computer, a printer, and even a so-called smart phone.
He currently lives with his wife and three children in Washington, DC.
Photographic Directions: Tanguy’s photos capture light shed on objects, places, textures, or persons reminiscent of long gone childhood emotions and aspirations. Nostalgia and intimacy equally suffuse most of his work, from large scale skyscapes to barely discernible abstract elements. Somehow, he knows he’ll meet you there.
Shows: Tanguy has exposed locally, chiefly through Photoworks, a wonderful community of wise mentors eager to share Coffee and (inspiring) Critique that keep you going:
2021 Show with sculptor and painter Brigitte Zelenko - Kensington, MD: Water Human
2020 Group Show: Photoworks online exhibit A Walk in the Park, juried by the photographer Barbara Tyroler
2019 Autumn Art Show, McLean, VA- Undulations Portfolio
2017 "Flying Solo" - Solo exhibit Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD
2016 Photoworks / FotoDC Photo Slam - 3rd prize
2016 FotoDC Runner Up Places of DC - National Geographic Society group show
2015 FotoDC 3rd Place Winner Places of DC Spring Contest - W Hotel group show
2015 “Photoworks” American University Museum, Katzen Art Center, Washington DC
2014 Photoworks / FotoDC Photo Slam - Audience Award
2014 “Coffee & Critique - Exposed” group show, Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD
2014 “Love Is In The Air: A Juried Exhibition” group show, Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD
2012 “Phoneography” group show, Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD
2012 “Not a Walk in the Park” portfolio featured in group show “Forces of Nature” Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD
Read MoreThe constant search for the prefect print allowed him to find refuge for long hours in the dark room of the (very chaotic) family apartment in Paris, France, equipped with his dad’s gear and chemicals, some of them dating back to his grandfather, an avid and extremely talented photographer.
Although Tanguy keeps his favorite 35 mm nearby ready for action, and recently brought back home his grandfather’s 1932 Voigtländer Brilliant, he now finds himself working mostly with a digital camera and, yes, a computer, a printer, and even a so-called smart phone.
He currently lives with his wife and three children in Washington, DC.
Photographic Directions: Tanguy’s photos capture light shed on objects, places, textures, or persons reminiscent of long gone childhood emotions and aspirations. Nostalgia and intimacy equally suffuse most of his work, from large scale skyscapes to barely discernible abstract elements. Somehow, he knows he’ll meet you there.
Shows: Tanguy has exposed locally, chiefly through Photoworks, a wonderful community of wise mentors eager to share Coffee and (inspiring) Critique that keep you going:
2021 Show with sculptor and painter Brigitte Zelenko - Kensington, MD: Water Human
2020 Group Show: Photoworks online exhibit A Walk in the Park, juried by the photographer Barbara Tyroler
2019 Autumn Art Show, McLean, VA- Undulations Portfolio
2017 "Flying Solo" - Solo exhibit Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD
2016 Photoworks / FotoDC Photo Slam - 3rd prize
2016 FotoDC Runner Up Places of DC - National Geographic Society group show
2015 FotoDC 3rd Place Winner Places of DC Spring Contest - W Hotel group show
2015 “Photoworks” American University Museum, Katzen Art Center, Washington DC
2014 Photoworks / FotoDC Photo Slam - Audience Award
2014 “Coffee & Critique - Exposed” group show, Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD
2014 “Love Is In The Air: A Juried Exhibition” group show, Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD
2012 “Phoneography” group show, Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD
2012 “Not a Walk in the Park” portfolio featured in group show “Forces of Nature” Photoworks, Glen Echo, MD
