12th edition of the International Festival of Fashion Photography

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CHICO BIALAS studied at the Art Academy of Stuttgart, this is where he met his wife Linde. Since then, they have lived and conducted their careers together, she as a designer and director Artistic him behind the camera.

Chico and Linde have combined their respective sensitivities and sense of humor to tell short stories in a unique style, caring and warm which quickly attired the attention of international fashion magazines.

In 1982, they left Hamburg and moved to Paris to work with international magazines as Elle, Marie Claire France, Marie Claire Italy, Vogue Italy, Grazia, Donna, GQ America, etc.. and fashion editors, among others, Claire Dupont, Beatrice Amagat,

Mako Yamazaki, Elisabeth Bernigaud, Genevieve Delauney, Elizabeth Dijan Lucia Rafaeli, Christina Bernezzo, Carine Roitfeld, Anna Pavlovsky ...

Most supermodels and actresses, Naomi Campbell, Laetitia Casta, Eva Herzigova, Helena Christensen, Linda Evangelista, Monica Bellucci, Catherine Deneuve, Andie Mc Dowell, Emmanuelle Seigner ... pass before his goal.

Chico Bialas is known for its colorful, joyous and vibrant images, using a focal length that accentuates the very shallow depth of field blurs backgrounds become dabs of paint. For its fashion series in black and white, it is very inspired by the Italian cinema mixture of eroticism and humor, and its contrasting lights.

He directed his first commercial for Cachou-Lajaunie, which was the first TV spot to get "La Minerve Platinum" and was rewarded as the best advertising of the year.

In 1989, he made a beautiful film Schweppes Brazil to the music of Chico Buarque, with a wild cast is recruited Brazilians on the beach. "I wanted the film to exude Brazil, with its joie de vivre, his sense of fun and sensuality of Brazil. "

Prestigious brands then call on him Mexx International, Kenzo, Ungaro, Dim, Lancôme, Guerlain, Rochas, Saint Laurent, among others, his directorial work is rewarded by many international awards.

Since 2000, Chico and Linde have lived in Ibiza, where photography still holds a central place in their lives.

His photographs have been exhibited in various galleries in Europe and North America, and have been published in books Ibiza una pasion, published in 2003, and do not move in 2009.

CHICO BIALAS is the guest of the 12th International Festival of Fashion Photography, Cannes Photo Mode.