The highest level of expressive performance, high-speed AF,

and compactness―all combined in perfection.

The new standard for “Art F1.4” large-aperture standard prime.

Designed with a focus on sophisticated optical performance and tremendous expressive power, Sigma’s Art line delivers high-level artistic quality. The newest addition to the F1.4 series, which has become synonymous with the Art line, is the Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG DN | Art, a large-aperture standard lens designed exclusively for full-frame mirrorless cameras. While retaining the concept of the original Sigma 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art that defined the reputation of the Art F1.4 series, Sigma has reexamined from the very beginning what is truly important in a standard lens used in a wide range of shooting situations. By incorporating all the latest technologies, this lens has achieved a high degree of compatibility between the optimum size and high-speed AF required for today’s mirrorless systems, while maintaining the highest-class optical performance. In addition to the brightness of the large F1.4 aperture and the large, beautiful bokeh effect, various aberrations have been optimally balanced in pursuit of uniform and balanced image quality throughout the entire image range, from the center to the edges of the frame. The result is the new “Art F1.4 50mm,” a lens that is truly all-around capable in terms of expressive performance, maneuverability, and usability, and is designed to help photographers create their best work. Introducing the 50mm F1.4 DG DN | Art, Sigma’s ideal “standard” lens.

As far as I remember, documenting with pictures always fascinated me. When I was a kid, I was often the one who took photographs during family reunions or the one you would find wandering in one of my hometown's parks, out for a walk, to capture and immortalize absolutely everything around. Between nature and numerous flowers, it's been a huge playground for me to develop my creativity.

As a 10-year-old kid, knocking around with my digital point & shoot, I captured the world with a genuine will to improve every day a little more. I didn't know it yet but those were my first steps as the photographer I would become later.

During middle school, this growing passion became more and more real as I started to take pictures of my friends who kindly agreed to be my subjects. This is the ritual that got me specialized in portrait photography. It became a revelation really fast and I would spend all my spare time taking photos of people, processing my images as soon as I was home, and publishing them on social networks to know other people's opinion. It helped me to quickly gain skills and experiences that would help me for the future.

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Leaving my comfort zone and jumping into the deep end

Joining Instagram was a milestone for me as I grew a supportive and faithful community there. All the kindness I met here gave me confidence in my work and helped me see further.

Barely out of high school, I signed my first commissioned works and saw myself working more and more in Paris. For the first time, photography looks like a hobby that could become a full-time job.

Next step was joining a film school to follow a more academic path. Unfortunately, it wasn't really a success at the end of the day. I wasn't that motivated by this way at first and that I had this "fear" of locking myself up and being told how to create, I remember I lived it as a failure.

Moving forward as a self-taught photographer was what I needed. As today, feeling free to imagine a scenery, create a set-up and freeing from rules is a big part of why I chose this work. My decision was made and it was time to run my own photo business... and to this day, I'm glad I did it!

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Discovering the SIGMA 50mm F1.4 DG DN | Art

I am a huge fan of SIGMA 35mm F1.4 DG DN | Art and its focal length. Its versatility appealed to me very quickly and the lens never leaves me. A true love story.

It's a lens that opened my work to a whole new dimension, especially in dance photography. But I was happy to shake my habits a little bit and try that classic focal length of 50mm. And what better opportunity to embrace the iconic standard with the new SIGMA 50mm F1.4 DG DN | Art?

So I took advantage of a trip to Reunion Island to discover tropical landscapes, and I discovered beautiful places sublimated by dreamy sunsets through this lens.

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* The images without photograph data have been created with lenses other than SIGMA 50mm F1.4 DG DN | Art

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I notice that the SIGMA 50mm F1.4 DG DN | Art gives me a whole new approach to my shots.

I think the narrower focal length makes my point of view more mature and helps me to achieve new render, always with the Art precision. I feel that it is not limiting, nor a brake to my image composition because despite its angle of view a little more closed, I love how it allows me to highlight the subject from the background thanks to its wide aperture. This is a great advantage to focus even more on the expressions of the models I photograph.

And now, it perfectly fits my photography. It's a lens I can totally see following me daily in shooting, for professional or personal work.

I love to feature both the softness and the strength of a look through my pictures. This is the core of my photographic style and the SIGMA 50mm F1.4 DG DN | Art will be a great companion to my SIGMA 35mm F1.4 DG DN | Art to write the next part of my story.