Mathieu Asselin

Mathieu Asselin began his career working on film productions in Caracas, Venezuela, but honed his documentary photography style in the United States. His work has been featured in Foam, Liberation, Paris Match, The New Yorker Photobooth, GEO and Freitag, among others, whilst he has exhibited in Les Rencontres d’Arles in France as well as in New York City, Miami, Washington and Caracas. In 2014, he was selected for Plat(t)form at Fotomuseum Winterthur and as Artist in Residence with Imagine Science Films. His project Monsanto. A Photographic Investigation was awarded First Prize in the KASSEL DUMMY AWARD 2016, and a Special Mention at the Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award in Arles, among others. He is one of the four photographers shortlisted for the 2018 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. Mathieu Asselin holds a Master’s degree from ENSP Arles and currently lives and works between New York City and Arles France.