A 3rd Helping of July Goodness...

Our 3rd 4x4 of the month will look at the often hard-hitting, urbane work of Olivier Kugler. Probably best known for his extraordinary reportage images, his visual journalism has taken him from Iraqi Kurdistan to Cairo, China, Laos and beyond. ?Olivier’s work also extends into the more domestic side of life and he has created exquisite food illustrations, fiction covers and beautifully eloquent portraits. His sincerity and directness have won him a legion of admirers and many professional accolades.

As ever, you can see more work on our website, social media or Behance pages.

The incredible reportage pieces by Olivier Kugler rely heavily on capturing the character underneath the facade. Based on a huge amount of research and interviews his work gathers the achievements, fears and reputations in one image that illustrates the whole persona.?

This powerful image of activist, Soni Sori is a case in point. ?It clearly shows a woman of determination and strength.

You can see more of Olivier's work on our website or on social media.?

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Olivier's delicate and urbane styling has proved useful on a wide range of projects which have often taken him into the realms of cookery publishing and lifestyle magazines. ?The clear and informative approach that he uses to such great effect on his reportage subjects also lends itself extremely well to instructive texts and brand creation.

If you would like to see more of Olivier's fascinating work, do visit our website or Instagram?

Olivier Kugler's reportage illustration has an enormous amount of inherent power. Telling difficult and compelling stories is often important in his work and personalities flood the page through his exquisite draftsmanship. ?Olivier's work with refugees and his need to tell their inspirational stories prompted the fascinating book, Escaping Wars and Waves.?

It won the European Design Award's Jury prize for its initiative approach. ?It also won the ?Prix du Carnet de Voyage International and the Coup de Coeur Médecins Sans Frontières at the Rendez-vous du Carnet de Voyage.??

More of Olivier's extraordinary work are available on our Behance pages - or just drop us a line!

Olivier's portraits are at the heart of so much that he does. ?Often working from life, he is able to capture the depth of personality behind the image to help create relatable, appealing characters that carry an important narrative. It is perhaps his tireless work with refugees that allows him to draw out the stories behind the personalities and offer us a connection with his sitter which makes us want to read on.

You can see more work on our website or social media

We'd love to connect with you so do follow our principal agent, Kit Killington to keep up to date with new images and projects or just to share your thoughts.

Artists represented: Jun Cen, Owen Freeman, Kuri Huang, Liang-Hsin Huang, Ailsa Johnson, Loris Lora, Rutu Modan, Joe Morse, Cat O'Neil, Hanoch Piven, Paul Rogers, Meilo So, Mark Ulriksen, Olivier Kugler, Grace Park, Heping Wu

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