Kares Le Roy

I have spent the last eight years traveling and photographing in Persia and Central Asia. I now spend more time in these little-known regions of the world -which became my favorite pictorial field- more than in my native country. At 36, I've already accomplished important projects such as two books, one short film and a documentary. Collaborations with Doctors without Borders, l’Obs and National Geographic have brought me a certain recognition, yet it is the power of the portrait of a grandmother - the radiant icon of the cover of my first book - that resonates most strongly.

For my last project I have traveled 16 months in a cargo van with a visceral commitment and unwavering will for this timeless testimony, to let it live beyond the circuits of my memory cards. This obstinacy gave birth to a book: Ashayer - nomads in Persian - in which I narrate my immersion in the tribal world. Between Iran and Afghanistan I - nomadic in my own way - indeed enmeshed myself with different surviving ethnic groups of these regions. I utterly dived in their lifestyle. My book is an artifact of cultures that tend to vanish in our globalized world of the 21 century.

* Musée des Arts asiatiques | Nice (France) | July 26 2017 to January 08, 2018

* INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientals) | Paris 013 (France) | March 28 to April 30, 2017

* Dahomey Gallery | Paris 011 (France) | "Ashayer, les derniers nomades d'Iran" | December 15 to 24, 2016

* Paris Photo / Grand Palais | Paris 008 (France) | "Bleu éternel" | November 09 to 13, 2016
in collaboration with Huawei Photo Academy

* Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine | "Habiter Le Campement" | Paris 016 (France) | April 13 to August 29, 2016

* Musée de l'Histoire et de l'Immigration | "Addenda" | Paris 014 (France) | March, 2016
in collaboration with the painter Combo

* GreenWood Gallery | Paris 003 (France) | December 10 to 24, 2015

* 59 Rivoli Gallery | Paris 001 (France) | December 09 to 16, 2013
in collaboration with the painter Antoine Puisais

* CHUV | Lausanne (Swisserland) | August 29 to October 31, 2013

* Villa Massalia | Marseille (France) | September 11 to October 10, 2012

* Hôtel Lutetia | Paris 006 (France) | September 5 to October 17, 2011