Patrick Willocq had a midlife rebirth. It was a return trip to Congo (where he grew up) in 2009 that made him devote himself fully to photography. With the subject entirely part of his creative process, he practices an aesthetic never devoid of ethics.
His works have been nominated, finalists or winners of prestigious international prizes including Rencontres d’Arles Discovery Award 2014, Prix Coup de Coeur HSBC and Sony WPA 2016, Leica OBA 2017. They have been exhibited at various international art fairs and museums. In 2019, his project was the subject of a big exhibition at the Photography Museum in Charleroi. He is co-author, with director Florent de La Tullaye, of a 52-minute documentary film, “Le Chant des Walés”, broadcast on the television channel France 5.
