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Arthur Crestani is a French photographer living and working in the Paris region.
With a background in urban planning and social sciences, he works on documentary projects investigating the making and the usage of space.
His various projects question the representation of inhabited places, the legacy of Modern and Post-Modern architecture and urban planning, and the tensions of the present moment.

While driven by a fascination for form and built matter, his work constantly questions the human dimension in architecture and space. Both realist and critical, his approach remains subjective, tenderness and at times playful, in its relationship to his subjects and fields of research.

Rooted in a documentary approach, but not limited to a particular photographic aesthetic, his work evolves from project to project, in search of a balanced and curious approach to the making of images, centered on the dedication to the subject and the story, and the precision and relevance of the visual approach.

He works on commissions for a broad range of clients, from cultural, urban and architectural institutions, to architects and designers, to the press and media. A laureate of the Regards du Grand Paris commission (CNAP & Ateliers Medicis) in 2026, he currently develops a new project on hotels in the Paris Region under the title Suite Infinie.

Since 2022, he has taught photography at Paris 8 University, the architecture schools of Paris-Belleville and Paris-Est, the graphic design school of Campus Fonderie de l’Image.

Clients & Partners

Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Ateliers Médicis, Département de Seine Saint-Denis, Ville de Saint-Denis, Quartiers de Demain - GIP EPAU, M le Magazine du Monde, The Architectural Review, Télérama, Les Inrocks, Théâtre 13, Théâtre de la Commune - Aubervilliers, deValence, Building Books, uapS, Nicolas Simon Architecte, Travaux Pratiques, Graal Architecture, Materra Matang, Augure Studio, Studio Belem

Awards & Grants

2026 Regards du Grand Paris - Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP) et Ateliers Médicis
2021 Soutien à la Photographie Documentaire - CNAP
2019 Premier Plan - Collège International de Photographie du Grand Paris
2018 Prix Dauphine pour l’Art Contemporain - Prix du Public
2017 Prix Archifoto

Features

British Journal of Photography, ArtPress, d’A, Libération, De Volkskrant, The Guardian