Mathieu Asselin | |
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![]() Asselin in 2017 | |
Born | June 25, 1973
Aix-en-Provence, France |
Nationality | France, Venezuela |
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.
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]
Mathieu Asselin | |
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![]() Asselin in 2017 | |
Born | June 25, 1973
Aix-en-Provence, France |
Nationality | France, Venezuela |
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.
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]