Foreword

We first saw the work of Jean-François Rauzier just 5 months ago. We were amazed and completely
fascinated - and as art world veterans that doesn’t happen very often. We were attracted by what
seemed to us a unique combination of sheer beauty, scale, technical genius and intellect. And as
we are principally dealers in fine art, the way that he composed his works as if he was a painter was
especially interesting.
Since May that initial appeal has developed into a dedication to bring Rauzier’s work to a wider
audience. Rauzier has been using a camera professionally for 39 years, but he has only worked fulltime
as an artist since 2000. His many years in advertising taught him much about the technical
aspects of photography, as they would to any talented person, but Rauzier uses this knowledge in a
virtuoso way. His larger pieces amalgamate up to 3,500 individual images; they also integrate his
deep love of learning, literature, art history and, above all, nature.
Rauzier is now in his prime, with the artistic ability and experience to create works of astonishing
visual appeal. We are delighted to offer his work in the gallery in what is his first solo show in the
UK, and to be taking them to shows in the USA in the coming months.
Our thanks go to Jean-François’ friend and colleague Virginie Epry who has worked with us on this
show with passion and administrative skill, and to Vyvyan Kinross for his penetrating and perceptive
introduction. And of course to Jean-François Rauzier himself for creating such great new works
for this exhibition and for making so much of his previous work available to us.

Ray Waterhouse
November 2009