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photo non contractuelle
nicolas boyer
Photographer for 2 years after graduation from the Gobelins School of Images - Paris in 2003. Then a parenthesis of 12 years working as a creative in advertising. From 2016 to 2021, i joined the Studio Hans Lucas, one of the main French groups of professional photoreporters thanks to a cooptation by its founder, Wilfrid Estève.
Never having left my comfort zone, apart from having inadvertently entered a compartment reserved for women on the Cairo subway, i go mainly through urban landscapes, often wondering "what am I fucking doing here."
ITINERARY
WORK HISTORY
2014- ... : Freelance photojournalist + videographer
2010-2015 : Senior Art Director (McCann Erikson Paris + BETC Paris agencies)
2005-2010 : Art Director (TBWA\Paris)
"Best creative agency in the world" from 2004 - 2008 (according to the official International Gunn Report )
2003-2005 : Freelance photojournalist
1999-2003 : Associate account executive (6 months) + Copywriter (3 years) at Euro-RSCG Works advertising agency
1998-1999 : Financial analyst (Procter & Gamble Paris + Price Waterhouse London)
EDUCATION
2014-2014 : Training in shooting / editing with professional camcorders (at Video Design Paris)
2003-2003 : Gobelins School of Images (photography section)
1995-1998 : HEC Paris
1992-1995 : Sciences Po Paris
LANGUAGES
at ease in English
Spanish & Italian, enough for flirting
German, completely forgotten
TOOLS
Photoshop, In-design, Illustrator, Lightroom
Final Cut pro X, Davinci Resolve 14, After Effects (notions)
Ableton Live 10
AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS
PHOTOGRAPHY
2025
> Personal exhibition at Musée National d’Art [Luxembourg]
2023
> Group exhibition at Rotterdam Photo Festival (Netherlands)
2022
> Finalist of the Albert Kahn Grant
> Finalist of the festival Les Photographiques - Le Mans (France)
> Personal exhibition at Musée des Arts Asiatiques - Nice (France)
> Group exhibition at Hôtel de Sauroy (Paris)
2021
> Sasakawa Foundation grant recipient
> Finalist of the Maison Blanche Prize - Marseille (France)
> Finalist of the HiP Prize - Best 1st Book (France)
> Jury's Favorite ("Coup de coeur") - Bourse du Talent 2021
2020
> Jury's "Special mention" of the Roger Pic Prize 2020
Personal exhibition at the SCAM Paris in October
> Special guest at the closing party of the La Gacilly festival
> Finalist of the Smithsonian Photography Awards
"People" category (10 shortlists out of 48.000 competitors)
2019
> Winner of the Sony World Photography Awards /
Best photographer of the Year in the "Travel" category
- London - Somerset House / group exhibition
- Tokyo - Ginza Sony Center / group exhibition
- Paris - Espace photographique de Sauroy / group exhibition
- Berlin - Willy Brandt Haus / group exhibition
> Visa pour l'Image, Perpignan (France) : Iran series screened
> Salon de la Photo 2019 : guest of the "Grandes Rencontres"
2018
> FotoFever fair (Paris) - exhibition with Little Birds Gallery
> Sony World Photography Awards / Shortlist in the Open competition - "Travel" category
> Helsinki - Bank of Finland Museum / Group exhibition [October 2018 > June 2019]
( https://www.suomenpankki.fi/en/bank-of-finland/HappyCash/image-gallery/ )
2017
> Best photo of the jury of the photography competition "CinéTrain" SNCF / Polka Mag
> 1sr Prize of the photography competition organized by Wipplay
( http://www.wipplay.com/fr_FR/concours-photo/argentcontent/ )
2005
> Winner of the 2nd photography competition "Les créatifs derrière l'objectif" ("The Blue Man" series)
Paris - Palais de Tokyo / Group exhibition
2004
Winner of the photography competition "Les créatifs derrière l'objectif" ("Tourists" series)
Group exhibition organized by Corbis agency & le Club des Directeurs Artistiques français
ADVERTISING - ART DIRECTION
2006
Absolut Search / Cannes Lion Silver - Print
Absolut Search / Cannes Lion Bronze - Outdoor
Absolut Search / Epica gold
Absolut Search / Eurobest Silver
Absolut Search / Clio Silver - Print
BMW Poumons / Cannes shortlist - Print
2007
Absolut Search 2 / Andy Award Silver (NY Festival)
Absolut Search 2 / Cannes Lion Silver - Cyber
Spontex / Clio Bronze - Print
Spontex / D&AD White pencil - Print
2008
Mapa / Clio shortlist - Print
Mapa / Andy Award shortlist - Print
2009
MINI / Grand Prix de l’APPM
2010
Absolut No Label / Grand Prix de l’APPM
2011
Absolut Pureté / Cannes shortlist - Outdoor
Absolut Pureté / Cannes Lion Bronze - Ambiant media
Absolut Pureté / Clio shortlist - Outdoor
INPES Dépistage / EACA Care awards
2012
INPES Braquage / Prix Empreintes Or
2013
NA! / Grand Prix Stratégies (mention)
France Terre d'Asile / Grand Prix de la Communication Solidaire
Nespresso / Silver Lovie award (best editing) + People Lovie award (prix du public)
2014
Capitaine PLOUF / Club des Directeurs Artistiques (2 shortlists : presse + photographe)
FEATURES
China Newsweek | China Philantropist Mag | Courrier International | La Cité |
La Croix | D La Repubblica | Les Échos | The Economist | Eyeshot | Fisheye Magazine | Géo France | Geo Germany | The Guardian | Internazionale | Johnny | Landscape Stories | Libération | Le Monde | NY Times | Le Nouvel Observateur | NZZ | Of Course Magazine | Okapi | El Pais | Paris-Match | La Repubblica | Soixante-Quinze | Stern | Témoignage Chrétien | Le Temps | Vice Magazine | La Vie | Washington Post | Zurban
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