Photographer's Profile

Claudia Bertou

Claudia Bertou, France

The beggining of my photography journey : I am from Caracas, Venezuela. My father is french and my mother Venezuelan. I grew up with both cultures in my life. I have lived in France with my son since 2018 due to the political situation in my country. My photography journey started with my first degree in Tourism and Administration where i had the opportunity to work in beautiful natural scenarios of my tropical country Venezuela. At that moment I took pictures very spontaneous and because during school, i got graphic design courses i had already certain manage of color and composition that appear in a easy way in my images. Little by little i get more serious with travel photography until i decided to engage and got deeper in knowledge about images, edition, and developing visuals skills, so i made a two year diplôme course at the University Monte Avila, in « Art and Photography Techniques » and later follow two more years in a private photography school based in Caracas and Miami. In France, i have had the opportunity of investigating in visual projects at the School of Beaux Art in Nantes and with photographic associations where i belong. My visual style is influenced by painters of Renaissance period where the light and shadow play a fundamental role in the image concept. Today i am totally consacrate to photography I work with conceptual composition, portraits, and a lot of visual references of my tropical origins.