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©CHRISTOPHE BONNIERE 1980-2024
©ELENA BERG 1987-2024

Christophe Bonniere is an international fine art photographer specialising in silver-gelatin.
Elena Berg, is a finely skilled artist working in jewelry who enjoys acclaim locally and worldwide. She exhibits creative skills and pure raw growth, constantly discovering new designs.
Bonniere works primarily with a 4"x 5" field camera. The artist does his own printing on classic silver gelatin paper, or on self made silver gelatin emulsion using various supports such as, silk, linen, canvas or art paper. The photographic prints presented here exist in the physical form, printed in limited editions, or ONE OF A KIND (OOAK)
Christophe Bonnière and Elena Berg are the owners of La Galerie Bonniere, a contemporary art gallery in the South of France. The gallerie’s objective is to present local and international art, exhibiting and promoting artists of various mediums. The gallery permanently showcases Christophe Bonniere’s photography and Elena Berg’s jewellery designs.

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GALERIE BONNIERE, 27 grande rue de Villefranche
09200 St. Girons, France
CHRISTOPHE BONNIERE 33 (0)6 33 14 10 72
ELENA BERG 33 (0)7 82 11 62 56
OPEN WEDNESDAY TO SATURDAY, 10:30-12:30 and 14:30-18:30

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NEW SHOW
BY CHRISTOPHE BONNIERE
"DANSE DANS LES CASCADES"
From 1st to the 30th OF DECEMBRE 2023





Vernissage at the "Galerie Bonnière", 27, Grande rue de Villefranche, Saint-Girons.
Friday 1st of Decembre from 17h to 20h
and a concert with Gerard FRYKMAN from 20h to 21h

Brand new SELF MADE SILVER GELATIN prints of waterfalls by Christophe Bonniere. MORE

CHECK OUT THE NEW TUTORIAL SELF MADE SILVER GELATIN DARKROOM VIDEOS PRODUCED BY CHRISTOPHE BONNIERE, ON HIS LAB AND TECHNIQUES PAGE


  

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Here is a video of me using a 4"x 5" at Lake D'AUBÉ





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GALLERY BONNIERE PAGE

This page lists all of the current and past exhibitions and activities of the gallery.
The gallery is located in the beautiful town of Saint Girons, in the heart of the Pyrenees Mountains.

Gallery Bonniere is owned and operated by Christophe Bonniere and Elena Berg, jewelry designer/maker. Both their works are on permanent display. MORE.....

MAKE SURE YOU VIEW CHRISTOPHE BONNIERE'S PHOTOGRAPHY PAGE

This is the main page where you will find a selection of the different series of photographs produced by Christophe Bonniere . These are silver gelatin prints of different themes and subjects that span from 1984 to the present. The images show a quest for beauty, adventure, rawness, character. The powers of nature in the wilderness, the variety of culture in people, the raw beauty of the body, stories caught in faces, elements of the heart MORE....

for example

NUDES

Photographed with a 4"x 5" camera. Printed on self made silver gelatin. Applied on silk, linen, canvas, or art paper.
I had done a few nudes earlier and reprinted some of them with my new found discoveries. It was very exciting. I liked the etherealness, the floating, the nude being separated from the background, I found a liberation from the strict bounds of reality that is inherent in the photographic medium. I started to show my new prints around and was quite successful. Soon enough many women would approach me to do their nudes.... MORE.....

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PYRENEES MOUNTAINS

Recent 16" x 20" prints, shot on a 4"x5" camera shows the musical splendor of the Pyrenees mountains. One night I was asleep and was consumed in a dream where I was flying thru an unusual land where the forms of nature were such of like music in a physical form... MORE....


ABOUT BONNIERE PAGE

This page deals with who is Christophe Bonniere and his past accomplishments.

At a Vernissage with some of his collectors, Veronica Tennant, Colleen Murphy, Allan King all of them Order of Canada Recipients.


“Christophe Bonnière represents an elite niche in the world of classic art photography”, Art Film Director, Aglaya Muravlov. "In addition to classic black and white printing, he makes his own silver gelatin photosensitive emulsion."MORE....

LAB & TECHNIQUES PAGE

BRAND NEW BLACK AND WHITE INTERNATIONAL LABORATORY SERVICES

I supply international laboratory services for artists, profesionals or amateurs. Send us your black and white films, pay by Paypal, we will process and do contacts, print on RC or fiber paper.

Check out our laboratory rates for black and white film processing and printing at LAB & TECHNIQUES page..


BRAND NEW, PHOTOGRAPHY AND DARKROOM TECHNIQUES VIDEOS, CLICK HERE

ALSO DETAILS FOR DARKROOM COURSES ARE LISTED CLICK HERE.

THIS PAGE DETAILS THEORIES AND PRACTICES OF LABORATORY TECHNICS USED IN A CLASSIC SILVER GELATIN DARKROOM.

For example here is a little bit of history.
Silver gelatin was invented in 1886 by William Maddox, it is a suspension of silver halide crystals in gelatin. This discovery revolutionized photography, and is used to this day by a variety of professionals, including art photographers. All darkroom printing papers (RC or fiber), as well as roll and sheet film, are made with silver gelatin. A silver gelatin fiber print is recognized as archival by museums. MORE....

CONTACT PAGE
ORDER PRINTS, EXPOSING OTHER ARTISTS



On this page is all of information for ordering and exhibiting. MORE....