Mathieu Asselin
Mathieu Asselin | |
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 Asselin in 2017 | |
| Born | June 25, 1973 Aix-en-Provence, France |
| Known for | Photography |
| Notable work | Documentary |
| Website | mathieuasselin |
Mathieu Asselin (born 25 June 1973) is a French-Venezuelan photographer artist specializing in documentary photography and portraiture related to social issues. He is based in New York City.
In 2017 his book Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation, "a powerful indictment of corporate power and ecological irresponsibility",[1] won the Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation First PhotoBook Award and was a finalist for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize.
Life and work
[edit | edit source]Asselin began his career working on film productions in Caracas, Venezuela[2] and then as a photographer in Europe.[3] He currently works as a photographer in New York City.[4]
In 2011 Asselin photographed Occupy Wall Street protestors in Zuccotti Park, using a small open-air studio.[5] The same year he made portraits of people who had lived through the 2011 Joplin tornado in Joplin, Missouri.[6]
In 2014, he was Artist in Residence with Imagine Science Films.[7][8]
For his book Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation, Asselin spent five years photographing the damaged landscape around Anniston, Alabama, caused by a Monsanto chemical factory.[9][1][10] Sean O'Hagan, writing in The Guardian, described it as "a powerful indictment of corporate power and ecological irresponsibility",[11] "a book about corporate impunity that unfolds through the deft interweaving of Asselin’s own images and a wealth of found material, from personal testimonies to courtroom files."[1] O'hagan included it in his "best photography books of 2017".[1]
Publications
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- Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation. With the contribution of Ricardo Baez (designer) and Frédérique Wallis Davy (writer).
- Dortmund, Germany: Kettler, 2017. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. English edition.
- Monsanto: une Enquête Photographique. Arles, France: Actes Sud, 2017. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. French edition.
Exhibitions
[edit | edit source]Solo exhibitions
[edit | edit source]- 2012: Portrait of a Tornado Path, See Gallery, New York[6]
- 2013: Portraits of Tornado Path, Indie Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel[12]
- 2016: The Ninety-Nine Percent, Breda Photo Festival. Breda, Holland[13]
- 2017: Monsanto, une enquête photographique, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France[14][15][16]
- 2017: Monsanto, une enquête photographique, Hangar J1, Marseille, France[17]
- 2019: Stock Market, National Centre for Photography during Ballarat International Foto Biennale[18]
Group exhibitions
[edit | edit source]- Plat(t)form, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland, 2014[19]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 2017: Finalist, Deutsche Börse Photography Prize for Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation[20][21][22]
- 2017: Winner, First PhotoBook award, Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards[23][4]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Photographs from Monsanto at Dazed
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