Artist Blog - Felipe Dupouy

Artist Website:

http://www.felipedupouy.com/

Interview:

http://uclaextensionvisarts.blogspot.com/2009/04/instructor-interview-felipe-dupouy.html

Quotes:

"My surroundings have a deep effect on me. My art is inspired by a genuine curiosity

about the world in which I live, and more specifically, the city I inhabit. For me there is a
sense of urgency to visually record the rapidly changing landscape. My work is as much
about my personal exploration of Los Angeles as it is about the final prints. The process
is intuitive, and the resulting photographs are the product of the unique interchange that I
experience between the city and myself. The emotional quality of my images is a
reflection of the depth of my own personal attachment to our past and future. Portrait Los
Angeles is a record of the historic architecture in Downtown, an attempt to preserve the
details for posterity."

(?. "The Icon: Photographic Imaging." Counterintuity - Creative Marketing Made Fresh. Web. 28 Sept. 2010. .)

Biography:

Dupouy born in Santiago, Chile and now in Los Angeles is a graduate from Art Center of Design in Pasadena. Felipe Dupouy has shot for “Los Angeles Times”, Los Angeles Magazine”, etc. Dupouy teaches at UCLA Extension, teaching classes such as, “Photographing Places” and “Environmental Portraiture”.

(http://www.felipedupouy.com/index.php#mi=1&pt=0&pi=2&s=0&p=0&a=0&at=0)

I was so happy when I found Dupouy's work. His images of the insides of buildings around Los Angeles are at the caliber that I want my own work to be at. When I read the quote that he made about how his surroundings affect him I felt as though he was able to put into words what I have not been able to.