Biography
Internationally award-winning photographer, I collaborate with companies, magazines, architects, interior designers and decorators, as well as NGOs and United Nations agencies. Among my regular corporate clients, I work with Nespresso, Hennessy, the LVMH group, Minelli, Unicef and the United Nations Development Program.
I became interested in photography while working in Africa for humanitarian NGOs. In 2010, I decided to pursue my commitment as a photographer in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I covered news as photo correspondent for the French Press Agency (AFP), and realized documentary works on social and human rights issues. This work, regularly rewarded, has been widely published in the French and international press. My work on the social consequences of copper extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo entered the permanent collection of the Library of Congress in the United States. In 2012, I settled down in Paris.
Awards:
2019 – Bronze Award - Eurobest - category photography (United Kingdom)
2019 – Sylver Award - Epica Awards - category photography (Netherlands)2019 – Golden Drum Award - Creativity 4 Change - category photography (Slovenia)
2015 – Sylver medal at the sport photography festival Sportfolio – category reportage (France)
2014 – Fotografia Etica Short Story Award (Italy)
2014 – Finalist : 57ème Bourse du Talent - category reportage (France)
2013 – MSH Photography Fellowship Grand Prize (USA)
2013 - Sophot Prize (France)
2013 - Finalist : 53ème Bourse du Talent - category reportage (France)
2012 - Finalist : Photo Philanthropy Awards (USA)
2012 - Coup de Coeur de la 50ème Bourse du Talent - catégorie portrait (France)
2012 - 2nd place - NPPA Best of Photojournalism - Category «The Art of Entertainment» (USA)
2012 - Special Prize by Jury - 8th Days Japan International Photojournalism Festival of Tokyo (Japan)
2012 - Shorlisted at the Sony World Photography Awards - category «Fine Art – Portrature» (UK)
2011 - Investigation Price - European Festival of Journalism / Scoop Grand Lille (France)
2011 - «Mention spéciale du Jury» - Prix Scam Roger Pic (France)
2010 - «Prix Spécial du Jury» - Festival of Scoop and Journalism (France)
2009 - Finalist - EMI International photojournalism contest (France)
Grants:
2013 - Finalist of the Aftermath Project Grant (USA)
2012 – Recipient of the Festival «photoreporter» of St Brieuc Grant (France)
2011 - Recipient of the Getty Images Creative Grant (USA)
2010 – Recipient of the “Défit Jeune” Grant from the Conseil Régional de Champagne-Ardennes (France)
2010 - Exceptional finalist of the Getty Images Creative Grant (USA)