ABOUT GARRETT STRANG -
A graduate with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Georgia (USA) and a lecturer at the University of Maryland (USA), Garrett Strang was a producer and director of documentary films for over 20 years. He later became a professional photographer in Washington DC and chose to settle in France around ten years ago. Reconnecting with his passion for street photography, he enjoys wandering the streets of Paris to capture its fleeting beauty.
“In recent years, my photographic work has taken me to the most famous neighborhoods of Paris, of course, but I have equally enjoyed discovering another side of Paris, far from the usual tourist paths and postcard images. Beyond the usual clichés, it is above all a metropolis full of humanity, character, and creativity. It is the complex essence of this city that I have come to know and whose many facets I now appreciate. I find beauty in what others may find unattractive or ugly. Garrett Strang has captured its very essence in this collection. His photographs, most often taken spontaneously, without artifice, they are raw and strikingly truthful, "in the raw," as he himself describes it. Seizing the instant when objects and people seem suspended, levitating, that fraction of a second when gazes question the lens, he offers in this book a collection of moments as magical as they are fleeting: the representation of a Paris that is both immortal and constantly reinventing itself, eternally modern and contemporary. Exhibitions in the last 6 months:  June 7 and 8, 2025: International Photography Fair in Bièvres.  Mid-June 2025: joint exhibition with Georges Dagher at the Paris-Val-de-Bièvres photo club, curated by André Baritaux and Vincent Boissonnat, featuring a wide selection of street portraits. • June 24, 2025: Book signing at the Albin Michel bookstore, organized in partnership with the publisher. • June 5 to September 28, 2025: Chemins de photos Festival, "Bodies in motion, city on stage," outdoor exhibition of 12 large-format photographs, in Fanjeaux. • August 28, 2025 to March 30, 2026: Exhibition of 23 large-format photographs, at the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. • Solo exhibition from September 20 to 28, 2025, Bièvres.

 

I feel very fortunate to have produced and directed documentary films throughout most of my life. I learned that within the frame the content, composition and story are the key elements in any image. I also learned the importance of taking risks and of hard work.  

 

To me life and art are one and photography is an experience in seeing the art of life.

Masters Degree of Fine Arts U. of Georgia
Lecturers Position U. of Maryland.
Owner Garrett Strang Photography
Moved to France 2017 Established Garrettstrangphoto.com
Solo Photography Exhibitions and Group Exhibitions, in U.S. and France.  
Featured Photographer in Street Photography Magazine.
Producer, Director, Owner -Image Studios Documentary Productions.