Yves Gellie
Born in Bordeaux, France,
After medical studies at the University of Bordeaux, he practiced tropical medecine in Gabon for two years.
In 1981, he began his career in photo-journalism with a feature about cocaine production in Colombia, followed by a story about war refugees in Ogaden, Somalia.
His work being between Documentary and Contemporary Art, hé has developed a style described as an iconographic selection of the reality underlying the day-to-day life and its trivial aspects.
1982 : Sipa Press agency
1987-1988 : Gamma Press Agency
1989 : co-founder of Odyssey photo agency
1995 : co-founder of Icone photo agency
2003-2004 : Iraq project / Dinstinct Perception
2006-2007 : China project / Tableaux Chinois
2008- 2013 : Baudoin Lebon Gallery / Paris / France
His work being between Documentary and Contemporary Art, he has developed a style described as an iconographic selection of the reality underlying the day-to-day life and its trivial aspects.
From 2006 to 2009 “ Human Version 2.0”.
For this project, the intent was to work on the genesis of humanoid robots. Special attention was brought to their places of creation, the evolution of their physical appearance and the tools and materials used to bring them to life. The aim was to show these robots in their own environment, without dramatizing, as if they were already part of our eveyday lives.
Main exhibitions :
Human Version, Lyon Biennal, France, december 2013
Human Version, Paris Photo, Du Jour Agnès b, november 2013
Rituels de Chasse : Gallery Le Carré d’Art, France, february 2013
Rituels de Chasse : Art Paris, France, november 2012
Human Version 2.0 : Welcome Collection, London, october 2012
Tableaux Chinois: Moscow biennal, Russia, march / april 2008
Tableaux Chinois Baudouin Lebon Gallery, Paris, february 2008
Tableaux Chinois, Madrid, Spain, PHEO8, june 2008
Tableaux Chinois, Festival of Pingyao, China, sept 2007.
Mesopotamia, International Festival of Pingyao, China, sept 2007.
Distinct Perception, Art Museum, Shanghai, China july 2006.
Distinct Perception, Galerie Katia Rid, Munich, Germany, nov 2005
Distinct Perception, FotoFest 2006, Houston, USA, march 2006.
Distinct Perception, Festival of Lianzhou , China, november 2005.
Distinct Perception, Month of Photography, Paris, nov 2004.
Return To Iraq, Milan, Italy, Galeria Franca Speranza, 2002.
Iraq, CCF, Bagdad, June 2000.
Published Books:
Human Version, Loco, 2013
Chine Nouvelle, Naïve, 2007
Irak, La guerra perpetua, Altaïr, 2003
Traditions Françaises, National Geographic, 2003
La France du National Geographic, 2004
Aquitaine, National Geographic, 2001
Iraq(s), Marval, 1999
Souffles du Monde, Fnac, 1998
Hong Kong, retour en Chine, Casterman, 1997
La Pluie des Mangues, Marval, 1997
Les Nouvelles Routes de la Soie, Li and Fung, 1996.
Ecosse, les Secrets des Highlands, Casterman, 1995
Ile de Pâques, Casterman, 1994
Trois Jours en France, Nathan, 1989
A Day in the Life of America, Collins,1986
