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About Julien Taylor
NEW YORK. THIS YEAR Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte is marking its 35th anniversary of inspiration, creation and effervescence. And to celebrate 35 magical years, Nicolas Feuillatte has selected and named Julien Taylor, the “artist of the year” for his creation of an original and exclusive work to add dimension to the brand identity.
In a Parisian apartment in Pigalle, Julien, the photographer and creative illusionist, has suspended time and place. Intelligently composed and photographed in a single day of shooting, he shot every last detail of the two rooms in the apartment in six short scenes from above that bring “his” party to life. Reality and fiction are merged; furniture is real, the cake is made of cardboard, and the characters are played by actors. To add life to the party, Julien has scattered silk paper petals on the wooden floor and suspended balloons at varying heights in a spiral pattern to create circular movement and to add round objects in the composition of the photograph, he used cymbals and a strobe light that reflects on the bottle of Champagne and the cake.
At the end of the process, the recomposed image fixes a precise moment in time, freezing each and every character. The Champagne cork pops and each character focuses on a central point on the ceiling, which also happens to be the exact spot from where the viewer observes the scene.
Like a privileged guest, he is allowed to contemplate this miniature world from on high. And with each glance, different surprises unfurl and hidden details appear, like snatches of conversation in a broken narrative, which may even have escaped the notice of the author.
“This type of staging requires lots of preparation and minute detail, confides Julien. But at the exact moment when I take the photograph, I let improvisation take over the framed image, and in so doing create accidents and particularities which in turn will open up new avenues, and allow me to create an image which will take me by surprise.”
In a Parisian apartment in Pigalle, Julien, the photographer and creative illusionist, has suspended time and place. Intelligently composed and photographed in a single day of shooting, he shot every last detail of the two rooms in the apartment in six short scenes from above that bring “his” party to life. Reality and fiction are merged; furniture is real, the cake is made of cardboard, and the characters are played by actors. To add life to the party, Julien has scattered silk paper petals on the wooden floor and suspended balloons at varying heights in a spiral pattern to create circular movement and to add round objects in the composition of the photograph, he used cymbals and a strobe light that reflects on the bottle of Champagne and the cake.
At the end of the process, the recomposed image fixes a precise moment in time, freezing each and every character. The Champagne cork pops and each character focuses on a central point on the ceiling, which also happens to be the exact spot from where the viewer observes the scene.
Like a privileged guest, he is allowed to contemplate this miniature world from on high. And with each glance, different surprises unfurl and hidden details appear, like snatches of conversation in a broken narrative, which may even have escaped the notice of the author.
“This type of staging requires lots of preparation and minute detail, confides Julien. But at the exact moment when I take the photograph, I let improvisation take over the framed image, and in so doing create accidents and particularities which in turn will open up new avenues, and allow me to create an image which will take me by surprise.”
Artist of the Year
JULIEN TAYLOR
JULIEN TAYLOR
Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte
Even as a teenager, Julien Taylor, who was born in 1976, was interested in photography. His mother
an artist, and his father a scientist, he first pursued the scientific path and went to university to study
physics, before being caught up entirely by his passion for photography.
JULIEN TAYLOR, A PORTRAIT
an artist, and his father a scientist, he first pursued the scientific path and went to university to study
physics, before being caught up entirely by his passion for photography.
JULIEN TAYLOR, A PORTRAIT
It is during his time at university that Julien Taylor invests in a digital compact camera, transforms into a social butterfly,
attends many parties and nights out and is a regular on the night-clubbing scene. He relentlessly takes photographs
of these creatures of night, capturing their attitudes and expressions. “But shooting digitally seemed too easy, it wasn't
exciting.” During the process of taking photographs in a frenzy, he begins to realise that it is in fact the multiplicity of different
shots that really interested him. And from this, he has the idea to assemble, using photomontage, different moments from the
same evening, to create various series of images relating the film of a party that has actually taken place, but that he takes
delight in reinventing. “There is the moment when I take the photograph - the famous defining moment as celebrated by
Henri Cartier-Bresson - and the moment that I recompose it on the computer. These are two separate, revealing moments,
which bring pleasure on two very different levels, much in the same way as with film photography.”
Very soon, Julien creates a simple website to showcase his work. Given the relatively incestuous world of the night scene,
he is much in demand. “Making contacts is easy, even if they remain on a relatively superficial level”, he admits. What
interests Julien about night photography is the movement, the soft focus, the motion blur; in a word, the intoxication: firstly
of the material captured through the lens and secondly emanating from his resulting pictures. “I was taking panning shots
during these nights out, taken from the same angle, experimenting with light and exposure. I was in the process of
compiling a stock of images which I could use whenever necessary.”
After the shooting stage, the “collage” is then carried out on the computer, like the birth of a new narrative, following the
general principle of stop-motion, an analytical approach, which in many ways is akin to the scientific research of Étienne-
Jules Marey and Eadweard Muybridge.
“During this time I was applying myself to physics during the day and photography at night. For two years, from 2004-
2005, I was living a kind of schizophrenia”, recalls the young artist, who survived on very little sleep. Flitting from one party
to the next on his makeshift scooter, from private parties held in the most exclusive night clubs, he soaks up the
atmosphere, the interiors and the people. During these nights out, Julien does not join in the revelry. Instead, he assumes
the role of a reporter who salvages images, with which he can then create others.
Driven by a wealth of experience and now increasingly in demand, in 2005 Julien decides to devote himself entirely to
photography. He gives up physics, without abandoning it altogether. In fact, time and space are important concepts in both
art and physics, just like the concept of truth. “With physics, I was constantly at odds with this concept. Art helps us create
our own truths.” Julien throws his heart and soul into his new adventure. “I had to make a totally fresh start”, he recalls.
“It certainly wasn’t easy, but it helped having a number of research techniques which I had previously processed.”
From this point forwards, his work takes on a new lease of life. If the concept of “a collage of images” remains
the foundation for his work, the creative process is about to be turned on its head. “From now on, I wanted to start with
imagining the sort of photography I wanted to create, then seek out the images that would make it possible.” It is in
this direction that his art will now take form, particularly the highly accomplished work recently created for Nicolas Feuillatte.
His life as a professional artist really begins at « La Générale », an art-squat in the Belleville area of Paris, where he occupies
a studio in 2006-2007. “It was an amazing experience to meet artists from so many different backgrounds and to be
able to exchange ideas and work together.” When this creative and vibrant space is closed down in 2007, Julien Taylor
continues to organise events and exhibitions with fellow artists he met during his time at La Générale, becoming more
deeply involved in the art world, “to understand the system, its rules and its pertinent parameters.” He then actively seeks
out the Fetart association, whose ideal is to completely change public opinion on photography and to support up and
coming artists. Through this association, he exhibits his work alongside fellow photographers, and soon on his own.
Today, Julien Taylor shares a studio located in Porte de Clignancourt, accepting commissions from a variety of sources,
including private individuals and agencies, but also for use in advertising, fashion and music. Selected in 2010 by
the Nicolas Feuillatte Champagne House, who give a completely free rein to his creative talent, the young artist could only
have dreamed of a more perfect encounter.
attends many parties and nights out and is a regular on the night-clubbing scene. He relentlessly takes photographs
of these creatures of night, capturing their attitudes and expressions. “But shooting digitally seemed too easy, it wasn't
exciting.” During the process of taking photographs in a frenzy, he begins to realise that it is in fact the multiplicity of different
shots that really interested him. And from this, he has the idea to assemble, using photomontage, different moments from the
same evening, to create various series of images relating the film of a party that has actually taken place, but that he takes
delight in reinventing. “There is the moment when I take the photograph - the famous defining moment as celebrated by
Henri Cartier-Bresson - and the moment that I recompose it on the computer. These are two separate, revealing moments,
which bring pleasure on two very different levels, much in the same way as with film photography.”
Very soon, Julien creates a simple website to showcase his work. Given the relatively incestuous world of the night scene,
he is much in demand. “Making contacts is easy, even if they remain on a relatively superficial level”, he admits. What
interests Julien about night photography is the movement, the soft focus, the motion blur; in a word, the intoxication: firstly
of the material captured through the lens and secondly emanating from his resulting pictures. “I was taking panning shots
during these nights out, taken from the same angle, experimenting with light and exposure. I was in the process of
compiling a stock of images which I could use whenever necessary.”
After the shooting stage, the “collage” is then carried out on the computer, like the birth of a new narrative, following the
general principle of stop-motion, an analytical approach, which in many ways is akin to the scientific research of Étienne-
Jules Marey and Eadweard Muybridge.
“During this time I was applying myself to physics during the day and photography at night. For two years, from 2004-
2005, I was living a kind of schizophrenia”, recalls the young artist, who survived on very little sleep. Flitting from one party
to the next on his makeshift scooter, from private parties held in the most exclusive night clubs, he soaks up the
atmosphere, the interiors and the people. During these nights out, Julien does not join in the revelry. Instead, he assumes
the role of a reporter who salvages images, with which he can then create others.
Driven by a wealth of experience and now increasingly in demand, in 2005 Julien decides to devote himself entirely to
photography. He gives up physics, without abandoning it altogether. In fact, time and space are important concepts in both
art and physics, just like the concept of truth. “With physics, I was constantly at odds with this concept. Art helps us create
our own truths.” Julien throws his heart and soul into his new adventure. “I had to make a totally fresh start”, he recalls.
“It certainly wasn’t easy, but it helped having a number of research techniques which I had previously processed.”
From this point forwards, his work takes on a new lease of life. If the concept of “a collage of images” remains
the foundation for his work, the creative process is about to be turned on its head. “From now on, I wanted to start with
imagining the sort of photography I wanted to create, then seek out the images that would make it possible.” It is in
this direction that his art will now take form, particularly the highly accomplished work recently created for Nicolas Feuillatte.
His life as a professional artist really begins at « La Générale », an art-squat in the Belleville area of Paris, where he occupies
a studio in 2006-2007. “It was an amazing experience to meet artists from so many different backgrounds and to be
able to exchange ideas and work together.” When this creative and vibrant space is closed down in 2007, Julien Taylor
continues to organise events and exhibitions with fellow artists he met during his time at La Générale, becoming more
deeply involved in the art world, “to understand the system, its rules and its pertinent parameters.” He then actively seeks
out the Fetart association, whose ideal is to completely change public opinion on photography and to support up and
coming artists. Through this association, he exhibits his work alongside fellow photographers, and soon on his own.
Today, Julien Taylor shares a studio located in Porte de Clignancourt, accepting commissions from a variety of sources,
including private individuals and agencies, but also for use in advertising, fashion and music. Selected in 2010 by
the Nicolas Feuillatte Champagne House, who give a completely free rein to his creative talent, the young artist could only
have dreamed of a more perfect encounter.
About Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte
- Artists' Opportunities
April 2011
