David Monceau has been a self-taught photographer since the mid-2000s. Also trained as a sound engineer, his studios are located in Boulogne-Billancourt.
As a street photographer capturing candid moments with a penchant for black and white, his influences range from Vivian Maier to Bruce Gilden, encompassing Japanese photography as well. His approach is characterized by a raw style that emphasizes framing, angles of view, and a cinematic quality that places significant importance on the scene and background within his compositions.
His major project is the book “Tokyo Silence,” published in 2019. This book showcases a selection of 180 street photographs taken in Tokyo, chosen from over 80,000 shots and representing seven years of work across numerous sessions. “Tokyo Silence” offers a captivating glimpse into Tokyo’s urban life, with striking images that capture its beauty, solitude, and poetry.
In 2019, Cartier commissioned him to exhibit two of his photographs in large format during the renovation of their Munich store. The Japanese photographers’ collective, VoidTokyo, featured his photos in their magazine. He has taken part in various exhibitions such as “ImageNation Paris” or “Street Sans Frontières” at the Joseph Gallery in the heart of Le Marais. His first solo exhibition will take place in October 2023 at the Landowski space in Boulogne-Billancourt.