GAFSOU, Matthieu

About Swiss-French photographer, Matthieu GAFSOU (b.1981)

After obtaining a master's degree in philosophy, literature and film studies at the University of Lausanne, Matthieu GAFSOU studied photography at the School of Applied Arts in Vevey. Since 2006, he has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions, and has published six books. In 2009, he received the 'HSBC Foundation Award for Photography' and was subsequently invited to contribute to the 'reGeneration2' exhibition created by the Musée de l'Elysée. In 2014, the same museum produced the solo exhibition Only God Can Judge Me. In 2018, the 'H+' exhibition is one of the highlights of the Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles and then travels around the world (China, Australia, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, etc.). In 2022, the project 'Vivants' was presented in extenso at the Pully museum and at Paris Photo where he received the Ruinart prize. He has been teaching for several years at the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL) and is also a founding member of the MAPS agency. Matthieu GAFSOU lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Photobooks by as well as with works by Matthieu GAFSOU

• 'reGeneration2: Tomorrow's Photographers Today' (2010, together with works by David FAVROD, Robin FRIEND, Anne GOLAZ, Ivar KVAAL, Shane LAVALETTE, Richard MOSSE, Nelli PALOMÄKI, among many others); 'Alpes' (2013); 'Only God Can Judge Me' (2014); 'H+' (2018); 'Le Voile du Réel' (2022); 'Vivants' (2023)