Photo exhibition - Dingo, Boulevard Dingo
From 30/04/2026 to 31/05/2026
The Grand Prix Photo de Saint-Tropez invites the famous photographer Dingo, a self-taught photographer with a unique style, who has fascinated audiences for 50 years with his daring, sometimes illegal shots.
A loyal Canon customer for 45 years, he shot 6 million photos and 700 magazine covers.
It's obviously a nickname, but so well worn!
His pictures have fascinated us for almost fifty years. They're instantly recognizable. With poetry and talent, Dingo has imposed an inimitable style that goes beyond the simple framework of car and motorcycle photography. His visuals tell stories and often hold up a mirror to society.
Even as a child, he knew he would become a photographer, fascinated as he was by Cheyco Leidman's incredible universe of colors and Jeanloup Sieff's wide-angle framing. What a disappointment for his grandfather, who had bought him a dry-cleaning business so that he could keep the family business going!
Quickly, even before he had obtained his driving license, he equipped himself with a van (he would have ten of them!) overflowing with a motley assortment of equipment: generator, lights, clamps, ladders, cables, winch, ropes, tripod, blowguns and, above all, sturdy suitcases containing his precious cameras and lenses, and he set off on the roads, in sheds, parking lots and in all the most unexpected places to produce his stagings where "the tricks are done without tricks", he says.
Dingo, a self-taught photographer who had never been accepted at a photography school, took his first crazy photo in 1978: he organized a picnic on the side of a road, blocking unauthorized access with "borrowed" building cones and staging his own car. Unluckily, he forgot to hide his license plate and was arrested, ending his adventure in police custody.
Dingo has always been loyal to Canon, using at least thirteen different cameras. In an interview, Dingo explains, "I was lucky to be with Canon: when they brought out digital cameras, all the buttons were the same, in the same place, so there was no need to learn new ergonomics.
He took six million shots and more than 700 covers for car and then motorcycle magazines.
Why so much interest in cars? He answers: "When you were born, your father took your mother to the maternity ward by car, and when you die, your coffin goes to the cemetery by car too".
Dingo you said?
It's obviously a nickname, but so well worn!
His pictures have fascinated us for almost fifty years. They're instantly recognizable. With poetry and talent, Dingo has imposed an inimitable style that goes beyond the simple framework of car and motorcycle photography. His visuals tell stories and often hold up a mirror to society.
Even as a child, he knew he would become a photographer, fascinated as he was by Cheyco Leidman's incredible universe of colors and Jeanloup Sieff's wide-angle framing. What a disappointment for his grandfather, who had bought him a dry-cleaning business so that he could keep the family business going!
Quickly, even before he had obtained his driving license, he equipped himself with a van (he would have ten of them!) overflowing with a motley assortment of equipment: generator, lights, clamps, ladders, cables, winch, ropes, tripod, blowguns and, above all, sturdy suitcases containing his precious cameras and lenses, and he set off on the roads, in sheds, parking lots and in all the most unexpected places to produce his stagings where "the tricks are done without tricks", he says.
Dingo, a self-taught photographer who had never been accepted at a photography school, took his first crazy photo in 1978: he organized a picnic on the side of a road, blocking unauthorized access with "borrowed" building cones and staging his own car. Unluckily, he forgot to hide his license plate and was arrested, ending his adventure in police custody.
Dingo has always been loyal to Canon, using at least thirteen different cameras. In an interview, Dingo explains, "I was lucky to be with Canon: when they brought out digital cameras, all the buttons were the same, in the same place, so there was no need to learn new ergonomics.
He took six million shots and more than 700 covers for car and then motorcycle magazines.
Why so much interest in cars? He answers: "When you were born, your father took your mother to the maternity ward by car, and when you die, your coffin goes to the cemetery by car too".
Dingo you said?
From 30/04 to 31/05/2026 daily.
Free access.
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