Tom Girondel
Nantes, France
Thomas Girondel was born in the harbour city of Le Havre, France and is a 36 years old geographer and former coastal risks officer working as an independent photographer.
In spring 2014, Girondel spent several weeks in Ukraine where he documented life amid a conflict zone with his analog Fujica camera. His work “Reaching Donetsk” was exhibited in a solo show at the gallery Espace Cosmopolis in Nantes, France. He has since returned to Ukraine on several occasions to document the country's transformation since the conflict broke out.
In 2015 and continuing in 2016, the photojournalist recorded various protest movements, both in Nantes and Germany. He then returned to his roots as a geographer by reporting on Seattle’s water-based community.
After having completed an internship at the photo desk of Le Monde newspaper in 2017, Girondel decided to focus on documentary photography. He has since started a long-term project on Yeu island, to document the inhabitants’ life and their perceptions of freedom; focusing on the younger generation.
His work has been published both nationally in France and internationally, including, among others, L'OBS, Actes Sud publishing house, La Vie, NEON and VICE, as well as the Telegraph Magazine, the Financial Times, DOMUS, the international editions of GEO, De Standaard magazine, Rhythms Monthly and the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin.
He is distributed by INSTITUTE Artist, and also a member of SAIF.
Thomas is based in Nantes, France, and available for commissions.
2017 - Human Rights AEDH LYON prize
- Arts
- Breaking news
- Conflict
- Corporate
- Crisis
- Editorial
- Environment
- Landscape
- Military embed
- Still life
- English
- Spanish
- French
- Russian
