Florence Gallez

Florence Gallez is an independent documentary photojournalist and black-and-white photographer from Brussels, Belgium, currently based in Montreal. She received an MSc in media studies from MIT, then worked for 8 years as a journalist in Moscow, Russia, followed by 8 years as a photojournalist in Paris. As a photographer of social documentaries, she seeks to bring more visibility to people who are in challenging situations, especially women and children. In Montreal, she is also contributing local and international news and social documentaries to the American photo agency Polaris Images and the Russian news agency Sputnik/Rossiya Segodnya.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, USA
Master of Science in Comparative Media Studies June 2012

Boston University (College of Communication) Boston, MA, USA
Master of Science in Journalism January 1999
Certificate of Career Advancement: International Affairs January 1999

Harvard University Cambridge, MA, USA
Advanced Russian: Special Topics February 1999

University of London (Queen Mary and Westfield College) London, UK
Bachelor of Arts in English and Russian June 1996

Eotvos Lorand University Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Language Certificate August 1994

FotoNostrum Sideshows
FotoNostrum Barcelona
Photographs from series ‘Solidarity demonstration in support of Ukraine’
FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain,
May 24 – June 4, 2023


3rd Barcelona Foto Biennale
7th Biennal of Fine Art & Documentary Photography
Photograph from ‘Paris Gay Pride’ series
FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain,
November 9 – 27, 2022

Social Documentary Network’s 10th Anniversary Exhibition
Photographs from Havana, Cuba
Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, New York, USA, October 27, 2018


Flow and Reflections
Photographs from Russia, Cuba, Belgium, and the United States displayed at
'Gallery at Mosfilm,' in Moscow, Russia, March 13-15, 2015


MIT Photo Exhibition: Shooting from the hip, the eyes, and t...