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Idan Wizen

Idan Wizen

Capturing individual freedom in all its forms is to reveal the very essence of our humanity

Idan Wizen

Idan Wizen is a Franco-Israeli artist and photographer, born in Tel Aviv in 1984. Initially pursuing studies in economics at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Idan quickly shifted his focus to his true passion: art and photography. He deepened his expertise by earning a Master’s in Art Direction from Sup de Pub, followed by another Master’s from the University of the Arts London.
Idan gained international recognition with his bold project “Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon,” which explores the beauty and complexity of the human form through nude photography. This project has been lauded for its artistic sensitivity and has won numerous awards, establishing Idan as a prominent figure in contemporary photography.
Further enriching his artistic career, Idan Wizen founded Studio Idan, an art gallery located on rue Beaubourg in Paris. This gallery is dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of contemporary artworks, reflecting his commitment to art and his vision of sharing unique and provocative creations with the world.

Idan Wizen is a photographer whose work focuses on the diversity, beauty of humanity, and individual freedom explored in various forms. Owner of the art gallery Studio Idan, located in the heart of Paris, he dedicates his time and energy primarily to his art, aiming to capture authentic and intimate moments through his lens.

Born in 1984 in Tel Aviv, Idan pursued a rich and varied artistic path, honing his craft in Paris, where he eventually established his own studio. His flagship project, “Who’s That Nude In The Living Room?”, reflects his passion for photography and commitment to representing human diversity. This ambitious project gathers thousands of portraits of people from all walks of life, each celebrating the unique beauty of the individual.

Individual freedom is a key theme in Idan’s work, explored in various forms across his pieces. His collection “Hinders” is a notable example, addressing personal and societal constraints that shape our lives. His photographs capture the essence of his subjects, highlighting their uniqueness and humanity with great sensitivity.

Idan has held over 50 exhibitions in France, the USA, and Japan, sharing his work with an international audience. His works have been widely recognized and awarded, receiving numerous international photography prizes.

The art gallery Studio Idan is more than just an exhibition space. It is a place of sharing and discovery, where Idan showcases not only his own works but also those of other artists who share a similar vision of art and humanity.

Idan Wizen continues to explore and push the boundaries of photography, always seeking to capture the essence of his subjects with respect and depth. His work offers a new and inclusive perspective on human beauty and diversity, celebrating individual freedom and authenticity.

Full Name Idan Wizen
Nationality French/Israeli
Year of Birth 1984
Principal Technique Photography
Range of Pricing from 100 € to 8500 €
Presence in Institutional Collection No
Presence on the Secondary Market Yes
Portrait Idan Wizen

IDAN WIZEN'S COLLECTIONS

The World We Left Them

Into The Box

Hinders

Virtual Street Art

Nude in the living-room

virtual street art

Virtual Street Art

Virtual Street Art

by Idan Wizen

The paradox of nudity and its censorship.

A few words about Virtual Street Art

The paradox of nudity and its censorship.

Idan Wizen’s “Virtual Street Art” collection boldly merges urban architecture with raw humanity. In this innovative series, Wizen superimposes nude bodies from his Purity collection of the “Un Anonyme Nu Dans Le Salon” project onto architectural shots of cities, integrating these human forms onto building facades as if they were street art murals.

These digital artworks, which blend the rigidity of urban structures with the vulnerability of the flesh, invite a critical reflection on the visibility of nudity in public spaces. They highlight a stark contrast with the trivialization of violence and weapons, shedding light on how society prioritizes and reacts to different forms of representation.

“Virtual Street Art” is not just a tribute to the beauty of the human body; it is also a provocative commentary on the social and cultural norms that govern our perception of what is acceptable and what is not. By placing nudity at the heart of streets, Wizen challenges taboos and sparks a necessary dialogue on freedom of expression and the boundaries of censorship in art and public life.

Explore this collection, where each image is an invitation to question the codes of our society and to reassess our comfort with nudity, so vividly contrasted against the everyday symbols of conflict and confrontation.

Appollon Square - Virtual Street Art by Idan Wizen

Virtual Street Art

2020 – C-Print – Edition of 3, each unique in size

The World We Left Them

The World We Left Them

by Idan Wizen

What will future generations say when they talk about the world we left them?

A few words about The World We Left Them

What will future generations say when they talk about the world we left them?

Idan Wizen wanted to represent an intergenerational dialogue between the audience of today and the representation of the children of the future. Far from a pessimistic vision of the future, it expresses the urgent need to sound the alarm for the sake of our planet and the children to come.
Through this photographic series, he urges the viewer to understand that his actions and inactions have consequences in a future going well beyond his existence and that he has a responsibility to choose beyond his immediate interest.

The underlying question of this work is of course the irreversibility of our choices and our actions: will one day be too late to reverse the course of things and can we eternally put the problems to tomorrow?

Portrait d'enfant - Photographie d'art par Idan Wizen - Don’t let me starve

The World We Left Them

2020 – C-Print – Edition of 3, each unique in size

Into The Box

Into The Box

by Idan Wizen

The constraints of society or the constraints that we impose on ourselves?

Few words about Into The Box

The art collection “Into The Box” emerges as a poignant reflection on our ability to find creativity and inspiration even in the most constrained moments. As the artistic world navigates through a period marked by uncertainty, this collection illustrates the perseverance and ingenuity of artists who transform isolation into a profound source of inspiration.

Conceived by the visual artist Idan Wizen during the second lockdown in France, “Into The Box” was born from a context where access to the outside world and the public was restricted. Deprived of the presence of his usual photographic subjects, Wizen then turned to himself and his collaborators as models, exploring the intimate and universal dimensions of the human experience in times of crisis.

The box, the central element of this collection, symbolizes the confined space in which we were all forced to find ourselves. Through this metaphor, the works explore a range of intensely felt emotions during confinement – from frustration and anger to contemplation and apathy. Each piece captures the essence of forced introspection, revealing the complex and often contradictory emotions that coexist within us.

“Into The Box” also poses a provocative question: is our feeling of confinement solely due to the Covid-19 pandemic, or is it amplified by the barriers we erect ourselves? By exploring this idea, the collection invites reflection on how our personal “comfort bubbles” can sometimes turn into prisons, limiting our emotional experience and our relationship with the outside world.

Through “Into The Box,” Idan Wizen does not merely document a historically challenging period; he offers a mirror in which we can all look at ourselves, question our own resilience, and our ability to find light, even in the deepest darkness. This collection is an invitation to embrace all our emotions and to recognize the beauty and strength that emerge from vulnerability.

INTO THE BOX

2020 – C-Print – Edition of 3, each unique in size

Nude in the living-room

Who’s that nude in the living room?

The art project that undress the world to look at it differently

A unique artistic project which are made representing humanity as it is, in its most natural state, its nudity and its diversity.

Few words about this art project

" For over a decade, Idan Wizen has been receiving more than 2500 persons stripped naked for this art project "

“Who’s That Nude in the Living Room?” is a unique artistic project which aims to constitute the largest photographic series ever made representing humanity as it is, in its most natural state, its nudity and its diversity.

Developed by photographer Idan Wizen, this concept of photographic art aims to bring together thousands of models, volunteers of all ages and from all social categories to constitute a huge gallery of portraits of men and women of today who have agreed to show themselves as they are, nude.

These photographs, in their multitude and the originality of each one of them, their dynamism and their naturalness, show to universal human beauty, far beyond the restrictive socio-cultural and aesthetic criteria of our time.

Anyone who poses in his simplest device participates by his own personality, his differences and his particularities in the universality of humankind.

Idan Wizen has chosen to exacerbate the true authenticity of each of his models, breaking their possible masks, exposing through each of them, the simple and nude beauty of human nature.

He also defies the usual criteria of nude photography with his shocking photos, with a strong artistic bias, where the spontaneous provocation of one model can interact with the cheerful and naive expression of another or the modest revelation of a third.

Through the uniformity of the beauty criteria of our society as well as its modes of expression, “Who’s That Nude in the Living Room?” opposes the multitude, the variety, the strength of character, the movement, the surprising and the natural to the state gross of mankind.

Each photo is unique just like its model and never touched up. This inevitably challenges us and creates in us a curious feeling of closeness, of belonging. Because these models are all of us.

Moved or upset by the freshness of a smile, the roundness of a curve, a playful look, a cry of defiance or the fragility of a silhouette, we would like to keep one of these photos with us, the image of a being among the multitude of the human race, a nude in the living room!

F051 - Collection Perseverance by Idan Wizen

“Who’s That Nude in the Living Room?” is a unique artistic project which aims to constitute the largest photographic series ever made representing humanity as it is, in its most natural state, its nudity and its diversity.

Developed by photographer Idan Wizen, this concept of photographic art aims to bring together thousands of models, volunteers of all ages and from all social categories to constitute a huge gallery of portraits of men and women of today who have agreed to show themselves as they are, nude.

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F053 - Collection Perseverance by Idan Wizen

WHAT TO REMEMBER ABOUT THIS ART PROJECT

More than 2500 people

has participate to this project making 2500 artworks. You’ll never find twice the same person.

Zero casting

Everyone can participate because each human is unique and can be a piece of art.

Differents series

Different collections take place, but the meaning is the same representing humanity as it is, in its most natural state, its nudity and its diversity

Uniqueness

Of each person, we keep only one photograph which itself will generally be unique on each size in an edition of 4. Revealed nudity is rare.

Original artworks

Each print is signed and numbered by the artist and founder of the project Idan Wizen.

Collect and support

By gathering different artworks to create a mosaic to show unicity and diversity of humankind, you’re not only buying art, but supporting a view of humanity, a statement.

Anyone who poses in his simplest device participates by his own personality, his differences and his particularities in the universality of humankind.

Everyone can be a piece of art

The project called Un Anonyme Nu dans le Salon (french for Who’s That Nude in the Living Room?), changes completely the vision of a naked body in society. The models are ordinary people and there is no casting. Oversized or skin-and-bone, midget or a giant, just a regular person from 18 to 99 years old, everyone is welcome. For most of them, the goal is to learn how to love themselves and to correct the disrupted and inaccurate vision of themselves.

The main idea of the project is to pay tribute to the uniqueness and diversity of the human race with its raw and unedited photographs. While fashion and advertising industries commemorate and glorify the perfect Apollonian and Aphroditian bodies, the artist stands aside of these dictates and has the courage to represent something different: a normal living body without any embellishment or beauty touch-ups. By showing his models without pageantry, and without erotism, the artist fights with one stone the growing puritanism and the omnipresence of pornography in our society, extracting at the same time the model from any socio-cultural background

The different collections of Who’s that nude in the living room?

The concept remains but the art is different !

The Boomer Collection

Singularity

Sanitized

Liberty

Purity

Artificial Nature

Backstage

Pandemonium

White Light District

Lost Room

Névrose

Obstination

Arles

Persévérance

Genèse

Each photo is unique just like its model and never touched up. This inevitably challenges us and creates in us a curious feeling of closeness, of belonging. Because these models are all of us.

Feeling like being part of the project also?

Everyone is welcome. You can schedule a photosession in Paris

Hinders

Hinders - Fine Art by Idan Wizen

Are we really free or is this an illusion?

In about twenty artworks, Idan Wizen talks about free will, individual decision and the ability that each one has to break his chains.

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Learn more about Hinders

Are we really free or is this an illusion?

In today’s society, we often find ourselves chained by different problems such as social networks, over-consumption, work, unhealthy relationships. Emancipation and self-fulfillment are therefore key elements needed in the pursuit of happiness. To achieve this, however, we must face many obstacles, challenges, and hinders. The objective of the new ongoing Hinders collection is to show how much humanity is blinded by everyday issues not realizing those chains around.


With these photographs, the artist wants not only to analyze our society, but also to give a solution. The intention is to approach this question by taking the side of the liberation of oneself by resolving one’s inner fears through a work of reflection and introspection. In his works, Idan Wizen tries to describe, in a subtle and dreamlike way, an ode to free will, individual decision, and the ability of each person to break his chains.

Individual Freedom in Today's Society

Interview with Idan Wizen

Prints details

Edition

Hinders prints are made in an edition of 15 all sizes included. For each size, we have a limited amount of prints.

  • The smallest size, 40 x 60 cm (15.75 x 23.62 in), is an edition of 6
  • The medium size, 60 x 90 cm (23.62 x 35.4 in), is an edition of 5
  • The large size, 80 x 120 cm (31.5 x 47.3 in), is an edition of 3
  • The extra-large size, 100 x 150 cm (39.3 x 59 in), is unique in its size.

Paper

Idan Wizen chooses the Hahnemühle Bamboo fine art Paper to create an amazing render for this collection

290 GSM · 90% bamboo fibres · 10% cotton · natural white

Hahnemühle Bamboo is the world’s first FineArt inkjet paper made from 90% bamboo fibres, for a natural look and environmentally friendly paper production. The natural white, warm-toned bamboo paper does not contain optical brighteners, and stands out thanks to its soft, lightly textured felt structure and sensual feel. Bamboo is acid- and lignin-free and meets the most precise requirements in terms of age resistance. The unique combination of sustainable bamboo fibres, soft surface texture and impressive print quality gives the artwork outstanding expression and soul.

Framing

Different framings can be set online for each print.

Aluminium frame and passe-partout – The most traditional choice
Mounted on Dibond – Simple, clean and elegant
Mounted in a shadow box – The most popular in art galleries

We can also make custom frames from modern and ancient frames

Please contact us if you want to know more about it.

Hinders : a collection awarded

The serie Hinders was awarded Honorable Mention in 2021 by
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

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The serie Hinders was awarded Honorable Mention in 2021 by
PX3 Prix de la photographie de Paris

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The serie Hinders was awarded Honorable Mention in 2021 by
Tokyo International Foto Awards

Tokyo International Foto Awards

The artwork “Emballons-nous from serie Hinders was awarded  as Finalist in 2021 by
PhotoShootAwards in Duet Category

category finalist

The serie Hinders was awarded Honorable Mention in 2022 by
Budapest International Foto Awards

The artwork Inside The Web was awarded Honorable Mention in 2022 by
Chromatic Photography Awards

Exhibitions

Past

21 to 30 March2022 at La Galerie Etienne de Causans – Paris 6, France

04 to 27 February 2022 at La Chouette, art gallery – Strasbourg, France

23 & 24 October 2021 at Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France

Further

Gallery owner? Curator? Interested in making an exhibition on Hinders?

About Idan Wizen

Idan Wizen is a Franco-Israeli artist and photographer, and founder of the “Who’s that nude in the living room?” project. His photographs have been exhibited in Paris, New York, Miami, Osaka…

In 2013, he won the prize for the best male nude photo at International PhotoShootAwards. Thereafter, the photographs of the project have received more than 60 awards.


Idan was born on October 26, 1984, in Tel Aviv. In 2002, he joined the Paris II Panthéon-Assas University to start studying economics and management. But soon, the artist realized that his favorite fields were art, photography, and advertising.

He then joined Sup de Pub, from which he graduated with a Master’s degree in the artistic direction in 2007. In 2008, he also got his Masters at “University of the arts of London”.

Back in Paris, after a brief experience as a marketing manager in cosmetics, Idan Wizen founded a communication agency, Studio Idan, working on print, on the web, and photography.


In parallel to this activity, Idan began to photograph, and that’s how on April 18, 2009, was founded the project “Who’s that nude in the living room?”. His light management, the unique rendering of the photos, the ability to make anyone beautiful, and the confidence of the models he manages to win very quickly, meaning that more and more people are coming to pose for the project, that counts more than 2400 participants till the present day.

In addition to the “Who’s that nude in the living room?” project, which he continues to develop, Idan Wizen devotes himself to advertising and fashion photography and other art projects, like Hinders, Into The Box, The World We Left Them, etc.

Few images from Idan

A word from the artist

I’m creating strong and striking images for one purpose: I want my images to provoke thought and discussion. I want the viewer to question himself, question his certainties, learn to see things differently. Pondering on two levels: the individual and societal. On the individual level, I want my work to take the viewer on a journey to think about the constraints his mind self-imposes, of acceptance of his body, or to help find beauty in all shapes, sizes, and flaws. At the societal level, my reflections turn to the choices we will have to make tomorrow: our morals, our environment, our responsibility towards future generations, our relationship to science, to the transformation of homo sapiens into a new species…

These images come from a wide inspiration, mainly from writings, such as those of Bernard Werber or Yuval Noah Harari, but also great photographers like David Lachapelle or Jill Greenberg. Not to mention, of course, my pop culture, ranging from Marvel to Tolkien through the Rock and Metal music of the 70s and 80s.


Combining strong ideas with the relevant aesthetic of an image seems to me easier than writing a political or philosophical piece. Art allows us to send a more subtle message, a message that will be interpreted differently depending on the viewer. By using in my art, the subtlety and multi-interpretation of the message, I want to put the viewers’ ideas into perspective and their vision of things and thus, to understand mine. I want to caress the unconscious and thus become the seed that will germinate over time allowing the evolution of ideas.

Most artists have very radical opinions on their topic. I tend to believe that most of our daily challenges and problems are complicated involving a complex and subtle solution. I’d like to think about the faces of the coin. Isn’t it funny for a 2D artist? For now, it’s in photography that I found the most comfortable way to express myself. But I’m starting to think about sculpture and video in order to express more easily the permanent, rage and hope, cohabitating inside me.


“My rage is coming from the contemplation of a world that seems to be spinning counterclockwise!”


My rage is coming from the contemplation of a world that seems to be spinning counterclockwise! I always feel repulsed and angered at many things. I feel anger towards the state of the world. I feel beaten down at people’s stupidity, violence, and hypocrisy. I feel thunderstruck at the fear of progress and science. And I also truly believe that our world is better now than it has ever been. I’m amazed by some beautiful minds, by the creativity and intelligence of humankind. So it’s in humankind that I put my hope and my expectations for tomorrow!

Hinders - Fine Art by Idan Wizen