Raul touzon biography

Raul Touzon is a documentary and natural history photographer who specializes in making images that convey what he refers as “THE ETERNITY OF THE MOMENT.”.
Cuban-born Raul Touzon was already in his 40's, with a steady job at Kodak, a wife and two children, when he took a deep breath and leapt off the high board to.
Raul Touzon is a travel, documentary, and natural history photographer who specializes in making images that convey what he refers as to “the eternity of.

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Hispanic Heritage: Cuban-born, award-winning photographer to visit MSU for special lecture series

Contact: Harriet Laird

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Renowned documentary and natural history photographer Raul Touzon is visiting Mississippi State on Tuesday [Oct. 18] for an immersive, vividly visual lecture series event.

The Cuban-born, Miami-based photojournalist is presenting “Two Pillars of Faith” at 5 p.m. in the Griffis Hall Forum Room 401C, sharing his documentation of seldom-visited spots around the world through the university’s Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures Lecture Series.

With centuries-old South American traditions and celebrations among his award-winning collection, Touzon will explore Mexico’s Day of the Dead and Semana Santa, or Holy Week, in Antigua, Guatemala. Both are colorful, elaborate and many times festive events that Touzon chronicled for more than a decade.

Also a full-time educator for more than 20 years, Touzon’s work has been featured by high-profile publications including TIME, U.S. News and World Report, the New York Times and National G

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Raul Touzon

It’s unusual for world-class photographers to begin their careers late in life. But Cuban-born Raul Touzon was already in his 40’s, with a steady job at Kodak, a wife and two children, when he took a deep breath and leapt off the high board to follow his passion. Since then, he has been making up for lost time. His aim is to capture what he calls “The Eternity Of The Moment” and his photographs have been featured in numerous magazines, including Time and National Geographic. In recent years, he has developed a unique, impressionistic style, pioneering the production of large scale, multi-frame landscape panoramas.

Speaking from his home in Miami, he talks about his Latin roots and the precarious life of an artist; how he thinks of the camera as a painter’s brush; and why he hates picture postcard images of Nature.

Q & A

You have said that what you seek in your photography is “The Eternity Of The Moment.” Tell us what you mean by that.

I practice two or three different disciplines with photography: documentary, underwater and natural history.

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The Candid Frame #20 - Raul Touzon

Raul Touzonis a documentary and underwater photographer who specializes in making images that convey what he refers as to “The Eternity of a Moment”. Raul has traveled extensively in Latin America documenting its cultures and building an extensive collection of dramatic photographs that have been used in many corporate and editorial publications such as: Outdoor Photographer, National Geographic Traveler and the National Geographic Magazine among others. View his work by visiting his website.

Raul is a full time educator and instructor producing and teaching world class workshops for the Santa Fe Workshopsas well as his own “Experience Series” that take place in Europe.

Raul Touzon recommends the work of David Alan Harvey.

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