Nicolas Comment

Born in 1973

Photographer, musician and songwriter Nicolas Comment lives and works in Paris.  He published his first photography book La desserte (text by André S. Labarthe) with Filigranes, a French publisher, in 2001. It was followed by Le point in 2003 and A*** (text de Bernard Noël) in 2004.

In 2006, he published a book on the city of Prague in collaboration with the artist Anne-Lise Broyer, followed in 2008 by Est-ce L’Est? (Berliner romanze), a record-book about the city of Berlin that combines photographs and songs. This first musical effort was followed by his first solo album Nous étions Dieu, released in 2010 and produced by Marc Collin (Nouvelle vague).

In 2012, following the publication of his book La visite, Nicolas Comment and Xavier Waechter set Bernard Lamarche-Vadel’s poems collection, Retrouvailles, to music. The jazz label Bonsaï Music released it in 2012. The same year, Comment produced a new photographic series, the result of an artist residency in Mexico and published the book Mexico City Waltz. The series was also exhibited at galerie Vu’.

In 2014, in addition to publishing the book T(ange)r (postscript by Gérard Manset), Comment exhibited a new series of photographs shot in Tangier at Galerie 127 in Marrakesh from December 2014 to January 2015.  

In 2016, Nicolas Comment presented Identification d’une ville, a major exhibition with Bernard Plossu at Galerie 24b in Paris, which assembled his work on urban mythologies of multiple cities including Mexico City, Berlin, Prague, Naples and Tangier. The same year Milo, a new series depicting the artist’s wife, was exhibited in Vichy during the Portrait(s) Festival. The eponymous book Milo (Songbook) was also published with Chic Medias.

In 2017, his new series was exhibited as a solo show, Reverb at Polka Galerie and in 2018, Comment won The Fondation des Treilles’ residency prize for photography. In 2019, he was invited by the Planche(s) Contact festival to produce a new series of photographs, Cavale, which was exhibited from September 2019 to January 2020 in Deauville.

In January 2021, Comment released Nouveau, a conceptual album combining music, photography and literature (texts by Germain Nouveau and Yannick Haenel). It was released physically by Médiapop and digitally by Kwaidan / Idol.

Exhibitions at Polka Galerie

Exhibitions at Polka Galerie

Cavale Cavale Cavale Cavale Cavale

Nicolas Comment

Cavale
March 4 - June 6 2021
Reverb Reverb Reverb Reverb Reverb

Nicolas Comment

Reverb
March 18 - May 6, 2017

Selected Publications

Chronique du temps qui passe Chronique du temps qui passe Chronique du temps qui passe Chronique du temps qui passe Chronique du temps qui passe

Nicolas Comment

Chronique du temps qui passe
Éditions Chicmédias, 2023
Saint-Tropez sous la pluie Saint-Tropez sous la pluie Saint-Tropez sous la pluie Saint-Tropez sous la pluie Saint-Tropez sous la pluie

Nicolas Comment

Saint-Tropez sous la pluie
De l’air, des livres, 2022
Cavale Cavale Cavale Cavale Cavale

Nicolas Comment

Cavale
Filigranes Editions 2021
Reverb Reverb Reverb Reverb Reverb

Nicolas Comment

Reverb
Filigranes Editions, 2017
Milo Songbook Milo Songbook Milo Songbook Milo Songbook Milo Songbook

Nicolas Comment

Milo Songbook
Chicmedias, 2016
Est-ce l'Est ? Est-ce l'Est ? Est-ce l'Est ? Est-ce l'Est ? Est-ce l'Est ?

Nicolas Comment

Est-ce l'Est ?
Filigranes Editions, 2014
Fading Fading Fading Fading Fading

Nicolas Comment

Fading
Filigranes Editions, 2006
A*** Aurélia A*** Aurélia A*** Aurélia A*** Aurélia A*** Aurélia

Nicolas Comment

A*** Aurélia
Filigranes Editions, 2004
Le Point Le Point Le Point Le Point Le Point

Nicolas Comment

Le Point
Filigranes Editions, 2003
A propos de Jeanne A propos de Jeanne A propos de Jeanne A propos de Jeanne A propos de Jeanne

Nicolas Comment

A propos de Jeanne
Filigranes Editions, 1999