Born in France, raised in Tahiti and Italy, Romain is now a Detroiter. After studying advertising photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Romain decided the best way to master his craft would be working as a newspaper photographer, where one has to solve countless visual problems on tight deadline everyday. This sort of visual boot camp has now been going on for 12 years. For the last eight years, Romain has been a staff photographer with the Detroit Free Press, where he was named Michigan Photographer of the Year twice. He also received numerous accolades from Best of Photojournalism for his photography and video work, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, The Society for News Design, the Associated Press, The New York Photo Festival, and the Edward J. Meeman Award for environmental reporting for his documentary work and portraiture. Romain is represented by Giovanna Simonetta in Milan.
