About Me .
Hello ! Cyril Abad is a French long term documentary photographer, photojournalist working for international press for the last 12 years. His photographic work is directly inspired by humanist photography and creates a bridge between documentary and street photography.
His work is recognized for my offbeat look at the place of man in society.
His projects such as “In god we trust”, “The snake church”, “The last dreamers” and more recently “Journey in the Baltic Sovietland” are regularly published in the international press like National Geographic, Geo, Le Figaro magazine, The Guardian, Stern mag, Geo, Wired, Internazionale, Le Monde, Aftenposten,… among others and are exhibited in international festivals such as the international festival of photojournalism VISA pour l’image in 2019, the International Biennial of Photography in Clermont-Ferrand in 2020, or the Milano international Street photography festival in 2017. He is a very happy member of the Inland Stories agency.
On the other hand, to finance his documentary projects he has been working for more than 12 years as a corporate photographer for large companies around the world in different sectors: industry, energy, building, aeronautics and advertising. You can find his references and a portfolio dedicated to his activity as a corporate photographer here :
Editorial assigment (selection)
National Geographic France
The Guardian, Internazionale
NZZ
Geo Germany
Geo France
Geo Finland
Geo Slovaquia
Die Zeit
Der Spiegel
Stern
D la Repubblica
L’Equipe mag
Le Monde
Libération
Le Vif
Le temps
6 Mois magazine
L’ebdo
Aftenposten
Rhythms Monthly
Le Temps
Néon mag
Fisheye mag
La Croix, …
Exhibitions (selection)
2024 - De Galliae Mysteriis - La France sous leurs yeux – National Library of France (BNF), Paris
2024 - The Kratt Metaphor - #Tartu2024 European Capital of Culture, Põlva Kultuurikeskus, Estonia
2023 - The Kratt Metaphor - Fictions Documentaires Festival, Carcassonne
2023 - The Santa Cruise - screening - festival Visa pour l’Image
2023 - Collective Exhibition “ IN24” - Inland Stories Collective, Arles
2023 - The Kratt Metaphor - Carte Blanche Photon, Arles
2022 - The Snake Church - screening - LNP 2022 photographic film festival, Paris
2022 - Journey to the baltic Sovietland - screening - festival Visa pour l’Image
2022 - Collective Exhibition “ Myths” - Inland Stories Collective, Arles
2021 - The Snake Churches - UPP, Paris
2021 - The Snake Church & In god we trust - la Maison des Mémoires - GRAPH CMI / Réseau Diagonal
2020 - The Snake Church & In god we trust - Nicéphore + Biennale internationale de photographie, Clermont-Ferrand
2020 - The last dreamers - L’oeil Urbain
2020 - The Snake Church & In god we trust - Galerie La Chambre, Strasbourg
2020 - In god we trust - Galerie Destin Sensible, Lille.
2019 - In god we trust - Festival photojournalisme de la Baie de Saint-Brieuc
2019 - In god we trust - Festival Barrobjectif
2019 - In god we trust - Festival international de photojournalisme Visa pour l’image
2019 - Blackpool, the Brexit holidays - Gallery Hasy, Nantes.
2919 - Blackpool, the Brexit holidays - Festival l’Oeil Urbain, Corbeil-Essonnes
2018 - In god we trust - La SCAM, Paris
2018 - The last dreamers - Maison de la Photographie de Toulon
2018 - In god we trust - screening - Festival international de photojournalisme Visa pour l’image
2018 - The last dreamers - Screnning - Cour de l’archevêché Arles Off
2016 - Saami Resistance - Rencontres photographiques de Vendôme
2017 - The last dreamers - Milano Streetphoto festival
2017 - The last dreamers - Miami Street Photography Festival
Awards & Grants
2023 - Award Winner - Culture Move Founds
2022 - Grant for “Radioscopie de la France” commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and the National Library of France (BnF)
2021 - Grant for contemporary documentary photography support from the Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP)
2017 - Jury Prize and Public Prize - Mentor Award session Arles
2017 - Award winner - Miami Street Photography Festival
Books
2024 - L’Atlas du Paris Fantastique (Collaboration Philippe Baudouin) - Editions Le Lotus et L’Eléphant - Hachette
2019 - In god we trust - Editions Pyramid & Revelatoer
2019 - 10 ans de photographie - Publication collective Galerie La Chmabre