Jean-Sébastien Monzani is a Swiss and French fulltime freelance photographer and graphic-designer born in 1975 who is specialized in portrait photography. He passed his PhD in Computer Graphics in 2002 in EPFL, Switzerland but his artistic skills are completely self-taught. Starting creating photo-series in the early 2000, his works matured in a story-like vision of photo sessions.

Elegance, simplicity, a strong sense of composition and emotions are key elements in his work. His images are often constructed as photo-series - something between fashion photography and movie storyboards. This sequence of shots usually tells a little story but each image also works independently. Since he often tries to convey an atmosphere in his photos, he mainly shoots on-location, almost exclusively in Lausanne (Switzerland) where he lives. He doesn't shoot professional models but rather picks up regular persons that will carry the emotions he looks for.

Publications, Illustrations and Exhibitions

• Creating Digital Frames and Borders and Advanced Skin Softening, articles commissioned by famous website photo.net (July/August 2008)
• Phosphore magazine (France) (illustrations) June 2008
• PhotoArt magazine (Czech Republic) April 2008
• Soura Magazine (Dubai) March-April 2008
• La Republicca (Italia) - Photographer feature Sept 2007
• Art:PartTwo international exhibition in Bucharest in March 2007 (selected as one of the artists) - Interview in the exhibition catalogue
• .PSD Magazine (Poland, UK, Fr, Germany, Italy...) Dec 2006, March 2007
• Digital Photo (UK) Dec 2006, March 2007
• Digital Photographer (Ukr) Jul 2005, Jan 2006
• 17 Fotografen, 17 Zelfportretten (Amsterdam) May 2005 (international group exhibition)
• Photo Magazine (Hong Kong) Jun 2004
• Digital Photo Magazine (Fr) Jan 2004
• Contribution to An advanced guide to digital photography (V.Oliver, Ava ed.)
• Illustration for Basics Photography - Lighting (D.Präkel, Ava/Academia ed.)
• Illustration for Basics Photography - Composition (D.Präkel, Ava/Academia ed.)
• Illustration for Basics Photography - Capturing color (Phil Malpas, Ava/Academia ed.)