Mathias Zwick is an independent photographer based in Strasbourg and a member of Inland, an international cooperative of documentary photographers. After earning a Master’s degree in intellectual property law and gaining professional experience as a legal advisor in the media, he decided to pursue photography as a self-taught photographer.
He produces photo reports and documentary series in France and abroad. Influenced by a cinematic aesthetic and with a desire to infuse his images with poetry, or even humor, his projects have taken him to Iran, where he photographed skateboarders, to Kosovo with rock musicians of Albanian and Serbian origins united by music, and to China, at the heart of the citizen scoring system.
His work has been published in both French and international press, and media outlets such as Libération, Le Monde, and L’Obs commission him for assignments. His series have also been presented in festivals and exhibitions in France and abroad.
Mathias is passionate about creating a connection with both the people he photographs and the viewers of his work. Recently, his projects have been exploring the boundaries of documentary photography. Mathias starts with the collection of a factual, tangible reality and draws inspiration from cinema or installation art to question the medium. In his residency projects, he co-constructs with his subjects. This shift allows Mathias to reflect on both his medium, the notions of interconnection, and ultimately, his quest for connection.
+33 6 31 64 93 82
mathiaszwick@etik.com
IG : @mathiaszwick
Publication / Client list
(includes press and commissions)
6 Mois, Courrier International, La Croix, Disclose, Le Figaro, L’Humanité, The Independent, Les Inrocks, Le JDD, Konbini, Libération, M le Magazine du Monde, Madame Figaro, Marianne, Le Monde, Le Monde Diplomatique, Neon, Ouest France, Le Parisien/Aujourd’hui en France, Philosophie Magazine, Politis, Society, So Foot, Der Spiegel, L’Obs, Le Vif, Vice, Die Zeit, among others….
Exhibitions
Histoires d’amour – Grande Commande Photojournalisme – BnF – Destin sensible gallery, Mons-en-Barœul, France, September 2024.
Figures de style – Colors Urban Festival X La Chambre – Strasbourg, September 2024.
La France en Face – Grande Commande Photojournalisme – BnF – Hôtel Fontfreyde, Clermont-Ferrand, June 2024.
Sous les sunlight – Grande Commande Photojournalisme – BnF – Stimultania, Strasbourg, May 2024.
A Push Towards the West – Strass Iran Festival – Strasbourg, March 2024.
La France sous leurs yeux – National Library of France, Paris, March 2024.
IN24 – Collective exhibition of the Inland cooperative – Arles, July 2023.
Myths – Collective exhibition of the Inland cooperative – Arles, July 2022.
Confinement of an ordinary Madman – Les Photographiques du Mans festival (France), selected – March 2021.
Confinement of an ordinary Madman – Les Phautomnales – Projection of the confined photographers of the magazine 6Mois. September 2020.
A Push Towards the West – Horizonte Zingst Photo Festival, Germany, May 2018.
A Push Towards the West – Festival Circulation(s) – Hôtel Fontfreyde, Clermont-Ferrand, March 2017.
A Push Towards the West – Projection -Ateliers de Couthures, Festival International du Journalisme Vivant, July 2016.
Emotions photographiques – Around traditional photographic prints, based on a proposal by Diamantino Quintas – in)(between Gallery, September 2016.
Artistic Residencies
“5 étoiles” residency with the photographic center Stimultania. Creation of a series on the attachment of the inhabitants of Givors to sports – Givors, France, April and June 2024.
Creation residency with a public in Givors with the photographic center Stimultania. Co-creation of a portrait series with the residents of a nursing home around the theme of sports – Givors, France, November 2023.
Artistic residency at Espai l’Abraçada – Development of an exhibition based on a documentary essay on nightlife during the Covid-19 pandemic, in the form of an immersive installation. Passa, France, August 2021.
Grants, awards and honors
2024 – Grant for contemporary documentary photography support from the Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP).
2022 – Grant recipient of the “Radioscopie de la France” commission by the Ministry of Culture and the National Library of France (BnF).
2021 – Mentor Award session #5 Perpignan: Jury Prize and Public Prize.
2019 – Tokyo International Foto Festival, Silver Award, Editorial/General News. Fine Art Photography Awards, Photojournalism, nominee.
© Mathias Zwick Photography – 2024.