Fred Mortagne

*Lyon, France

Better known as "French Fred", is an internationally french filmmaker and photographer. In the skater scene, he has been one of the best in the world for a long time.

Now he's living in Lyon. He was already an enthusiastic skater in his school days. Equipped with a VHS camera he first moved with his skater friends through the city and made the first movies. Knowing the art of filmmaking and turning and cutting videos, he developed an individual and distinctive style. With such videos, he also wanted to support his friends in a
financially way by sponsoring and participating in competitions.

During his shots, photographers were often present, who sketched the skaters on their moves. French Fred developed image ideas that these photographers could not implement. Then he took the photo camera.

He prefers his works in black and white, which in his opinion emphasizes the reality and makes the picture more artistic - even poetic and timeless. By means of surfaces and lines, which give the architectural environment, he creates a perfectly composed picture. Photography means for Mortagne always the reality to spiritualize. It makes the viewer enter another world.

In the future, the photographer intends to transfer his art to other subjects, even if skating will always play a major role in his work.