Introduction

Catalan Painter-photographer, Émile RAMIS Expresses In Light And Colors What He Feels Inside. Born Disability In 1946 In Born In Barcelona To Spanish Republican Parents, This Free-thinking Autodidact Practices Painting Using Watercolors. Oil And Photography With A Touch Of Melancholy, Humor And Surrealism. He Likes To Challenge Us And Associate Us With Others; His Fights With Talent. (Free Midi).    "I Started à Painting My First Oils As A Self-taught Artist In 1961 Upon Returning From My School Studies In Paris. Toulouse. Very Isolated à Because Of My Disability, I Wanted To Fight Idleness. By Expressing In Light What I Cannot Say In Words. I Love The Bright Colors Of The Mediterranean Which Are Reflected In My Landscapes Inspired By The Countries Visited But Also In My Personal Compositions. I Paint Subjects That I Feel Within Me And Not Those That Are Expected Of Me... Photography Constitutes Attentive Reading For Me. The Major Asset Of My Shots Is The Framing, Then Comes The Sensitivity. And Color. Random Snapshots Of Everyday Life But Also A Little Touch Of Humor And Surrealism Depending On The Themes. Capture An Emotional Moment In Nature, In Full Action. I Report To You Each Of My Trips To Around The World Bags Full Of Slide Films Which I Then Print On Paper According To The Old Process. Cibachrome Film In 30x40cm Format Exclusively In Colors Stable Over Time And In Limited Editions, Giving Increased Value After A Rigorous Selection. Lost Battles Interest Me, I Am Passionate About Them. By Minority Shares. Most Of My Photos Deal With Perhaps Off-trend Subjects That Can Disturb Or Make You Smile Or Even Recall Melancholy Images Forgotten By Our Artificial World. I Collect Views That I Classify And Then When The Time Comes, I Take Them Out Of My Archives To Process Them. I Work At My Rhythm, In The Privacy Of To Perhaps Better Surprise. This Book Of Photos Does Not Claim To Be A Report On The Countries Visited But It Allows Me To Present To You A Personal Choice Of My Shots Outside Of Tourist Clichés. (Emile Ramis).   “Jericho Prize” 1974, Painting Category. “Gold Medal Of The Prix Ce France” 1981, Photography Category. Two Books Published In 2011 And 2017.