Pierre-Elie De Pibrac

Grandson of the photographer Paul de Cordon, Pierre-Elie de Pibrac was born in Paris in 1983. In 2007, he made his first reports at Cuba and in Myanmar. His first images won several prizes and competitions organized by magazines like Paris Match and Photo, or mobile phone companies such as Orange and SFR. In 2009, Pierre-Elie worked side-by-side with leading photographers from the Vu’ agency, such as Denis Darzacq, Claudine Doury and Rip Hopkins. The same year, soon after graduating from a renowned business school, he decided to devote himself fully to photography.

Pierre-Elie produced his first large-scale series in New York in 2010 based on the theme of photographic perception and objects. Bearing the titles American Showcase and Les Frontières de la Perception (the Edge of Perception), the project was very well received by the public and press, and resulted in the production of a book called American Showcase, published by Archibooks. The book showcases Pierre-Elie de Pibrac’s emerging trademark: beyond the subject being dealt with, the photographer seeks to transform the image by inventing new concepts with which to make his own mark. The audience discovers a “photographic object” whose aesthetic rendering brings to life a t...

Self-Educated!

Solo show :

To come in 2020
In Situ, Kyotography, Kyoto, Japan
In Situ, Chanel NeXus Hall, Tokyo, Japan

2019
Desmemoria, Espace Dupon Phidap, Paris, France

2018
Desmemoria, Galerie de l’Escale, Levallois

2016-2017
In Situ, November 2016 – January 2017, Casa Victor Hugo, La Habana, Cuba
Catharsis, Sisso Gallery, Paris, France

2015
In Situ, Art Lexing Gallery, Miami, USA

2014
In Situ, Clémentine de la Féronnière Gallery, Paris, France

Before 2013 : see www.pierreeliedepibrac.com

Group show :

2019
Voies Off Award Exhibition, Marrakech, Morocco
Image Satelitte, Nice, France
Levallois Award Prize Exhibition, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
Voies Off Award Exhibition, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
Levallois Award Prize Exhibition, Galerie Le Réverbère, Lyon, France
Nuit de la Photo, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Plat(t)form 19, Fotomuseum of Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland

2016
Art Wynwood, Miami, USA
Real Life Super Heroes, Media Library of Pantin, Patin, France
Et si les Super-Héros, BDBR of Marseille, Marseille, France

2015
Paris Photo Paris, Nef du Grand Palais, Paris, France
Zona Maco Foto, Mexico, Mexico
Paris Photo L.A., Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, U...