Born in 1980 in Paris, France. Lives and works in Paris. Both trained as a photographer at The Ecole nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière and as a social scientist at the EHESS, Jean-Robert Dantou investigates the connections between photography and social sciences for more than 10 years. He explores social issues such as memory, mental health, or migrations.
Jean-Robert Dantou is involved in long term and/or collaborative projects. These include a two years’ residence with an interdisciplinary social scientists’ team at the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Paris on the photographic representation of madness. This project leads to the photographic series Les Murs ne parlent pas. Sharing his time between institutional commissions and artist residencies, his work results in several exhibitions and number of publications. In 2016, he receives the award of the Best Photographic Book of the Year from PHotoESPAÑA Festival for Les murs ne parlent pas.
