About The Artist

Born in Boston, Joseph-Philippe started drawing and painting after he lost his hearing at the age of 3. He took up photography during his senior year at a private school in Massachusetts. In 1985, he enrolled at the Rochester Institute of Technology to study photography where he remained there for 2 years before changing direction in career due to financial circumstances, In 1990 he return to to study photography at the Art Institute of Boston. It was in 1990, Joseph-Philippe developed a style for his square B&W portraiture of people he met in the nightclubs and on the street. After working for several major photo labs in Massachusetts in the last half of 1990, he moved to Ireland during the millennium to start his property management business. In 2006, he went back to photograph portraits using the same camera and style as he did in the early 90’s. In 2010, he started a new project, photographing the Irish Travellers and four years later, he formed the Irish Travellers Photo Workshop. In 2018, his work has been exhibited at Leica Gallery in Milan, Somerset House in London, Renconres d’Arles in Arles, France and Espace Beaurepaire in Paris.