The Visionaries Welcomes Award-Winning Still Life Photographer Patrice de Villiers

The Visionaries welcomes the exceptionally talented still-life photographer, Patrice de Villiers, to its roster!

For Patrice, the art of still life is making the inanimate animate, to create an emotional connection between the work and the viewer. Her first commission was for The Sunday Times magazine, a series of food portraits, which led to finding her creative voice & she’s worked with them ever since.

Having studied photography, film & English literature at university, shooting mainly portraits & fashion, post graduation she spent several years assisting a still life photographer. Inspired by the creative possibilities of a blank canvas to fill, Patrice began to dedicate her passion, dedication to craft and the pursuit of creative excellence to the art of still life photography.

Since then, she has wrapped cars in pasta bows for Ford, dressed crab claws in stockings for a Las Vegas superstar hotel & draped pasta over rock stars for her personal charity project ‘LoveMusicLoveFood’ in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust.

Her images have been described as elegant, playful, sensual & exquisitely crafted. The creative process often begins with concept scamps & Patrice has this to say about her work 'In many of my images, I like to explore the relationship between often seemingly unrelated objects, always trying to shoot in a way that will surprise and delight so the pictures are sometimes conceptual, sometimes purely observational or a combination of the two. And if the final image is arresting, dynamic and beautiful then my efforts, thoughts and observations, have been worthwhile.'

Patrice is currently working on several collaborations including a luxe African gin brand & a series of images working title “Alice in CoCodeMerLand’ alongside set designer Lee Flude. The next commercial stop is back in Milan for a new food client creating the look for desserts, all about luxurious textures & delicious beauty.

A reputation built on producing iconic images has led to collaborations with clients such as Selfridges, Eurostar, Harrods, Westfield, Amazon, Financial Times, GQ, Rolex, The Observer, British Airways, Toyota, Land Rover, Heinz, McDonalds, Gaggenau, Godiva & working with Marcel/Intermarché on the most awarded food campaign in advertising history, Inglorious Fruits & Vegetables. 

Regarded as one of the most experienced creative industry specialists, she has been part of many jury panels, the most recent of which was this year’s D&AD awards, where she was jury president for the photography category & a black pencil judge for craft.

Davide Cantelmo, lead photographers’ agent at The Visionaries, shared his enthusiasm about the new signing, ‘I’m thrilled to welcome this dynamic talent to our family, further enhancing our exceptional roster of photographers. Patrice brings a wealth of experience, refined talent, and an impressive work ethic to The Visionaries. Her photographic eye is just the beginning; you’ll want her involved from the outset to let her creative vision shape each project from start to finish.”

View Patrice’s page here on The Visionaries website.