3 Quotes & Sayings By Raphael Millet

Raphael Millet is one of France's most influential photographers. He is the son of Jean-Michel Millet, who was himself an important painter. He began his career as a journalist before going on to become a photojournalist for the United Nations and renowned for his imagery of the end of apartheid in South Africa. His work is represented in major public collections throughout the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Museum of Modern Art in Paris Read more

His photographs have been published in a variety of magazines, including National Geographic and The New Yorker, as well as the coffee-table book "Raphael Millet: Portraits from Memory."

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Looking at Loh’s photographs, it is obvious that there is nothing simpler and richer than a face when stripped of all effects and affects, poses and postures, stances and pretences. The Singaporeans featured here are almostexpressionless, as if the photographer wanted to leave us clueless about them. What do their faces tell us? Why are they so familiar? Why do we feel we know this auntie that we don’t know? And this guy with the nondescript look? And this girl with no distinguishing mark? Have we met before? . Raphael Millet
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In a few years, it is very likely that this series will be considered a milestone in the history of Singapore photography. Raphael Millet