Art photographer and writer
Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Henry Roy is a photographer and writer. He emigrated to France with his family when he was three years old for political reasons. He studied photography in Paris, after which he worked as a photojournalist and published, in 1996, a book of black-and-white studio portraits of Black personalities from different backgrounds, titled Regards Noirs (Dagorno & L'Harmattan).
Henry Roy uses intuition to trace his quest for identity in our world. His vision is the result of a blend of reminiscence, fantasy, and sensations captured throughout his daily life, in an animistic relationship with his environment. Henry Roy has continued this dreamy poetic journal for several decades as a sensorial and mental biography.
His work was displayed exhibitions in Paris, London, New-York, Maastricht, Arnhem, Tokyo, Taipei, Hong Kong, Zürich, Perth, and he published numerous portraits, lifestyle series, and personal texts in international magazines such as Vogue Paris, Purple Journal, Purple Fashion, Air France Magazine, AD, W Magazine, Harper's Bazaar UK, Artreview, M Le Monde, L'Officiel Voyage, Apartamento, Hobo, and IntranQu'îllités, to name a few.
He published 7 individual photography books, edited many other publications, and curated art events and exhibitions. He also taught photography in Paris and Haiti. He lives and works mostly in Paris.
Books
IMPOSSIBLE ISLAND
Photography by Henry Roy
Text by Henry Roy
With an essay by Robert Cook
Edited and designed by Loose Joints
Published by Loose Joints & AGWA
First edition, 1500 copies
Printed in Belgium
Specificities :
160 pages Colour Offset
22,5 x 25,5 cm
Hard cover
Language : English
Publication date : January 2025
IBIZA MEMORIES
Photography by Henry Roy
Text by Henry Roy
Edited and designed by Nieves Books
Published by Nieves Books
First edition, 800 copies
Printed in Latvia
Specificities :
224 pages Colour Offset
19,5 x 25,5 cm
Soft cover
Language : English / French
Publication date : November 2022
SUPERSTITION
Photography by Henry Roy
Text by Henry Roy
Edited and designed by Études Studio
Published by Études Books, Paris
Image post production by Janvier
First edition, 300 copies
February 2017, printed in EU
Specificities :
48 pages Full Colour Offset
17 cm x 24 cm
Blue cloth cover with embossing on front,
spine and back – image on front
Language: English / French
Publication date: February 2017
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MIRAGE
Photography by Henry Roy
Edited and designed by Jane & Jeremy Books
Published by Jane & Jeremy Books, London
First edition, 100 copies (hand numbered)
Specificities :
58 pages Foil blocked cover Handmade
145mm x 200mm
The book is printed on three different paper stocks and comes with signed print by the artist.
Publication date: July 2014
SPIRIT
Photography by Henry Roy
Text by Henry Roy
Edited and designed by Gottlund Verlag
Published by Gottlund Verlag in USA
First edition, 1000 copies (hand numbered)
Specificities :
Offset printed Full color Soft cover Sewn binding
8x10 Inches
6 short stories in French & English by Henry Roy
Publication date: 2009
OUT OF THE BLUE
Photography by Henry Roy
Text by Jeff Rian
Edited and disigned by The spring
press
Published by The spring press, USA
First Edition 1000 copies
Out of print
Specificities
78 Pages/ 64 color plates Hardcover
25.5 cm x 27 cm (10″ x 10.6″)
Offset printing
Publication date: 2008
REGARDS NOIRS
Photography by Henry Roy
Edited and designed by Henry & Axel Roy
Text by Maryse Condé
Published by Dagorno & L'Harmattan editions. August 1998, Paris
Specificities
190 Pages Hardcover
35,5 x 25,5 x 2,3 cm
Publication date: August 1996
Selected catalogs
CHAUMONT Portrait animiste
Photography and text by Henry Roy
Edited and designed by Caroline Homery and Axel Roy
Creative direction by Henry Roy
First edition of 500 copies
Specificities
28 Pages Softcover
24 cm x 32 cm
Publication date: 2019
SILENCE
Photography by Henry Roy
Edited and designed by Constanza Piaggo
Published by Ofr editions
First edition 300 copies
Specificities
24 Pages Softcover
Publication date: 2018
HAITI AUX GRANDS VOISINS
Photography by Pablo Guerra, Elise Pinelli and Henry Roy
Edited and designed by Caroline Homery and Axel Roy
Creative direction by Henry Roy
Published by ECHOS editions
ECHOS DOSSIER 1
Photography by Raphaël Gianelli Mériano, Pablo Guerra and Henry Roy
Drawings by Cécile Morel, Damien Mac Donald and Alizé Meurisse
Edited and designed by Alizé Meurisse
Creative direction by Henry Roy
Published by ECHOS editions
Selected exhibitions
2024 " IMPOSSIBLE ISLAND " - Retrospective at Art Gallery of Western Australia - AGWA (Perth), curated by Robert Cook
" COMME UN OEIL QUI VOUDRAIT VOIR " - Group exhibition at Galerie Le Manège - Institut français du Sénégal (Dakar), curated by Franck Hermann Ekra & Olivia Marsaud
2023 " IBIZA MEMORIES " - Solo exhibition at PCA-STREAM (Paris)
" UNE SORTE D'EFFET MÉDITERRANÉEN " - Group exhibition at Le 17 STUDIOLO Gallery (Paris)
" 25 ANS DE REGARDS NOIRS " - Solo exhibition at Little Africa Village Gallery (Paris)
2021 " CROISEMENT " - Exhibition / Open studio with American artist Peter Vukmirovic Stevens at Le Centre International des Récollets (Paris)
2020 " MAP DANSE ANBA LAPLI 2 " - Group exhibition at Studio Boissière (Paris), curated by Catherine Ursin & Elodie Barthelémy
" MAP DANSE ANBA LAPLI " - Group exhibition at La Rage Gallery (Lyon - France), curated by Catherine Ursin
2019 " PORTRAIT ANIMISTE DE CHAUMONT " - Group exhibition and new photography and text publication after a one year residence at Chaumont-sur-Loire Art Center (France)
" Jouons " - Group exhibition at Shuter Art Gallery & The Red Art Museum (China), curated by Lucie Touya
2018 " PHOTOGRAPHIES " - Group exhibition at Patricia Dorfmann Gallery (Paris)
2017 Co curator, publisher and exhibitor at the Haïti aux Grands voisins Festival (Paris), organised by Haïti Futur
" INVISIBILITÉ OSTENTATOIRE " - Group exhibition at The Clément Fondation (Martinique), Curated by Giscard Bouchotte
" A WAITING ROOM " - Group exhibition at The Community Gallery (Paris)
2016 " MUES " - Group exhibition at Galerie 24b (Paris)
" ECHOS Special 2 " - exhibition/ performance at Galerie 24b (Paris)
2015 " POSSESSION IMMÉDIATE " - Group exhibition at Galerie 24b (Paris)
" PHOTO DOC " - Exhibition at the Festival de la photographie documentaire (Paris)
" THE SPRING CLEANING" - Group exhibition at The Laundromat (New–York)
" ECHOS 1 " - exhibition/ performance at Ofr Gallery & bookshop (Paris)
" ECHOS 2 " - exhibition/ performance at Ofr Gallery & bookshop (Paris)
" ECHOS 3 " - exhibition/ performance at Ofr Gallery & bookshop (Paris)
" ECHOS Special " - exhibition/ performance at Dorothy’s Gallery (Paris)
" ECHOS 4 " - exhibition/ performance at Ofr Gallery & bookshop (Paris)
2014 " ELEMENTS " - Solo exhibition at The Sunday Gallery (Zürich)
" NOUVEAUX TERRITOIRES " - Group show at Ngo Cohen Amir-Aslani &Associés company (Paris)
" PLANCHES CONTACT " - Group show at the Festival de photographie de la ville de Deauville (France)
2013 Solo exhibition " MOTHERLAND " - Myriam Bouagal Gallery (Paris)
2012 " LOSE/YOU " - Group exhibition at the Jane Hotel (New York), curated by Jordan Sullivan & Aaron Stern
" THE WILD & THE INNOCENT " - Group exhibition at The Clic Gallery (New York), curated by Jordan Sullivan
2011 " From Nofound to New Documents " - Group exhibition at Viktor Wynd Fine Art Gallery (London), curated by Emeric
Glayse
2010 "ART, LOVE & EVERYDAYLIFE " - Group exhibition at the 20 Hoxton Square Projects Gallery (London), curated by
Kilimanjaro magazine
2009 Group exhibition " LIGHT STREAMS ", Center for Cosmic Wonder in Tokyo (Japan)
Group exhibition " CWLS3 ", The Arnhem mode Biennale 2009 (Holland)
2008 Solo exhibition for the launch of " Out of the blue ", Ofr Gallery & bookshop (Paris)
Solo exhibition " TRAVEL DAYS ", The Traders Pop Gallery in Maastricht (Holland)
2007 Solo exhibition " PRESQUE NUES ", Espace Pierre Cardin, salon de la mode contemporaine Rendez-Vous (Paris)
Group exhibition " LITTÉRATURE ET SOCIÉTÉ ", Rendez-Vous magazine in Colette shop (Paris)
2006 Group exhibition " CHRONIQUES TURINOISES ", Torino French Cultural Center (Italy)
2004 Group exhibition " PORTRAITS DE FEMMES ", The Purple Institute in Celine’s shops in Tokyo, Taipei and Hong Kong
2003 Group exhibition " 11 POSTERS ", Almine Rech Gallery (Paris)
1997 2 solo exhibitions for the launch of " Regards Noirs ", Rouchon Studio & Jorge Alyskevitch Gallery (Paris)
Awards /Acquisitions
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Three works acquired by Le Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP) / Paris 2022
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Superstition selected by the NY Times in the 10 best photography books of the year 2017
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Best Portfolio - Club des directeurs artistiques / Paris - 2011