Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year — Places; overall Wine Photographer of the Year; and the inaugural Fujifilm Award for Innovation for The Rosé Wine Tank.
Collector dossier · Awards & international press
A master photographer.
A vision recognised worldwide.
Patrick Desgraupes has built an exceptional international record around photographs that transform fermentation into galaxies, gardens and mysterious new worlds.
The record
Mastery born
from discovery.
Patrick’s mastery lies in seeing what others overlook. Working in darkness inside the cellars of great French wine estates, he developed an original visual language—and juries across Europe, Asia and the United States took notice.
40international distinctions, 2017–2023
5International Photographer of the Year titles
3major London honours in 2017
Career totals are based on the artist’s supplied biography and archive. The selected honours below are identified in the supplied award material.
Cosmogony of Wine
Technical command. Artistic revelation.
Desgraupes photographs a biological event few people ever see: the first fermentation after harvest. Over open vats in near darkness, carefully controlled light reveals foam, gas and grape matter as celestial forms.
The result is documentary and transformative. A working cellar becomes a private universe; the surface of wine becomes a planet, an iris or a field of stars.
Selected honours · 2017–2022
An international awards chronology.
The supplied archive records recognition in London, Paris, New York, Tokyo and other international centres.
International Photography Awards
Honourable Mention.
Chromatic Awards
Silver distinction.
MonoVisions Photography Awards
Honourable Mention for the black-and-white series Unveiled Memories.
Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3)
Silver distinction.
ND Awards
Bronze Star Award.
Tokyo International Foto Awards
Silver Winner.
Umbra International Photography Awards
Third Place Winner.
International Color Awards
Winner.
Fine Art Photography Awards
Nominee.
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
First place, Wine Photographer of the Year — Produce, for Clos Saint Patrice Sample.
Royal Photographic Society
Shortlisted.
Muse Photography Awards
Gold / Winner recognition.
New York Photography Awards
Award recognition.
Muse Photography Awards
Winner recognition for Cosmogony of Wine.
Editorial recognition
The work entered an international cultural conversation.
Beyond competition juries, Patrick’s photographs have received substantial editorial coverage, placing the work in a wider conversation about wine, nature, transformation and contemporary image-making.
For collectors
Why this recognition matters.
Awards cannot replace the experience of standing before a work, but they establish an important history: sustained external recognition across different juries, countries and photographic disciplines.
Patrick’s record shows more than technical excellence. It shows that the central idea behind the VAT Collection is distinctive, coherent and capable of speaking far beyond the world of wine.
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