French American photographer and designer
Philippe Cailloux is a French-American designer. After graduating from ENSCI, a world-leading design institute in Paris, Philippe moved to California where he lives with his family since 1996.
During his career both as Adobe Systems' first Principal Designer and head of design for several digital media companies, Philippe worked with and learned from some of the top leaders in the creative and media industry such as Claude Picasso, Karen Mullarkey, and Joëlle de La Casinière. I'm forever grateful.
But it's only in 2005 that Philippe started his artistic journey. He attended the Palo Alto Camera Club for 10 years as an active member and eventually as its President. Thanks to invaluable support and mentorship, Philippe was able to freely express his insatiable creative needs.
Throughout the years his images have been recognized in local and international juried competitions including an honorable mention from the IPA-International Photography Awards.
He held two local solo shows and participated in international juried group shows such as the one organized by The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Philippe recently grew a desire and a commitment to share his work with a larger audience and to get more familiar with the business of art.
I’m a fine art photographer and designer.
It’s in my nature to play with images as well as words. Quirky twists, unexpected outcomes, and seductive treacheries are all part of my art.
My favorite subjects are some of the most generic and banal elements of our everyday surroundings and lives, especially those we get the most accustomed to, the ones we don’t see or register anymore because we take them so for granted.
Like a teacup, gas flap, the building next door, an omelet, or scraps from the trash, they're just there, and that's that.
The truth is that there is much more to them. They are, without exception, living visual canvases.
I know this because I observe them, all the time, everywhere, patiently, waiting for them to reveal themselves with furtive glamour and visual form, colorful palettes, expressive shapes, and engaging textures.
Lying in wait, I capture those special moments when hit by a rich ray of light, blow gently in the wind, or respond to certain weather conditions.
That’s when I grab my camera, that’s when I have the best chance to catch unique designs, dramatic shadows, or never-seen-before curves. They pause for brief instants, thereby allowing me to witness and celebrate the ironies of peekaboo moments.
The camera captures my visual experiences and logs what I see when I stop looking.
Photography became my meditation, my medicine, and my creative playground.
Solo Shows
2013 "REAL{it}IS", Stevenson House, Palo Alto, California
2009 "Explorama", Hiruko Wellness Center, Los Altos, California
Group Shows
2016 "Black > White", juried group show, Keeble > Shuchat Photography Gallery, Palo Alto, California
2014 "Capturing the light", juried group show, Los Altos Hills, California
2012 "A Celebration of Artistic Vision", juried group show, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California,
2009 "PACC Best of 2018" Juried group show, Palo Alto City Hall, California, September
2008 "Street Photography", international juried group show, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado (Part of the 65 images selected out of 2,300 entries)
Awards
2019 Honorable mention, Abstract > Fine Art, International Photography Awards IPA
2019 Honorable mentions (2x), Fine Art, Monovisions Award
2019 Honorable mentions (2x), Abstract, Monovisions Award
2019 Honorable mentions (4x), Conceptual, Monovisions Award
2019 Finalist (2x), The Motif Creative, Black > White
2019 Finalist (3x), The Motif Creative, Reflection
2019 Honorable mention, Fine Art, Minimalist Photography Awards
2019 Honorable mention, Architecture, Minimalist Photography Awards
2005 to 2018 Participated in more than 200 local competitions
Relevant work experiences
2005 to 2007 Head of design, FilmLoop, photo editorial, and sharing platform. Worked with legendary photo editor Karen Mularkey (Times, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Newsweek...)
2002 to 2005 Design Director, Roxio, digital media authoring applications, Santa Clara, California
1998 to 2002 Principal Designer, Adobe Systems, San Jose, California
1994 Independent designer, Pablo Picasso CD-Rom, worked with Claude Picasso, Paris France
Publications
2018 "PHOTSY - A creative exploration", Self-published, 180 original images, 200 pages
2002 Pollen Magazine, Volume One Issue 3
Activities
2005 to 2018 President and active member of the Palo Alto Camera Club
2016 Presentation, The art of photographic composition, Palo Alto
2011 Presentation, A creative introspection, Palo Alto
2010 Presentation, The art of photographic storytelling, Palo Alto
Education
1988 to 1994 MS in design - Art and technology, French Design Institute ENSCI, Paris, France