About
Julien Pebrel lives and works in Tbilisi and Paris.
After a scientific training, he turned to photography, studying photojournalism at the EMI-CFD in Paris. He joined Agence MYOP in 2011, becoming co-director from 2016 to 2019.
In recent years, he has worked in Argentina, Moldova, Russia, Togo, Bulgaria, in the Danube Delta and in the South Caucasus : Armenia, Georgia, Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh.
Recently he focused on Georgia where he is working on a documentary project about different layers of Georgian society. He’s also a regular contributor of Théâtre(s) Magazine and a big part of his work is so dedicated to theater.
Clients
Print : M le magazine du Monde, L'Obs, Internazionale, Financial Times Week-End Magazine, Géo, D la Repubblica, Revue XXI, Libération, Mare, Sunday Times Magazine, Le Temps, The Washington Post, De Morgen, The Guardian, Aftenposten Innsikt, Der Spiegel, Pèlerin, Mouvement, Grazia, Time, Newsweek Japan, Days Japan, Huck, Causette, Le Parisien Magazine, Le Monde, Le Vif, Théâtre(s) Magazine, etc.
Online : Time Lightbox, National Geographic, L'Instant Paris Match, CNN, The Sunday Times Magazine, Fotografia, Vice, Next Libération, Diversions by M&C Saatchi Little Stories, Eurasianet, 6 Mois, Nouvel Obs, M le magazine du Monde, etc.
Corporate : M&C Saatchi Little Stories, UNHCR, agence Makheia, agence Textuel, Biennale Internationale du Spectacle, Région Île-de-France, CNFPT, Pavillon français de la Biennale internationale d'architecture de Venise, etc.
GRANTS, AWARDS
University of Southern California Fellow (2019) | Journalismfund.eu Grant (2019) | S.C.A.M. "Brouillon d’un rêve journalistique" Grant (2017, 2014) | Professional Grant of the "Festival Photo de Mer" (2012) | Marty Forscher Fellowhip Fund student award (2011) | Canon ProfiFoto Föderpreis (2011) | Young Reporter Award at the Journalism and Scoop Festival of Angers (2010) | "Fondation de la Vocation" Fellowship (2010) | "François Chalais" Young Reporter Award (2010) | Grand Prix Paris-Match, student category (2008).
EXHIBITIONS/ Screenings
• Kartli (with Tamar Kalandadze). Exhibition/video Installation. Collective exhibition “Post Digital Dreams” organized by “In Between Conditions”. Tbilisi. December 2019, January 2020.
• Georgian minorities. Exhibition. Scam. Paris. November 2019.
• Kartli (with Tamar Kalandadze) / Georgian minorities / Along the Enguri. Screenings. Tbilisi Night of Photography. September 2019
• Kartli (with Tamar Kalandadze). Exhibition. MYOP in Arles. July 2019
• Idumali. Exhibition. MYOP in Arles. July 2018
• Georgian minorities. Exhibition. 6th Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism, Hannover. June 2018
• Nagorno-Karabagh. Exhibition. Festival MAP, Toulouse. May 2017
• Sulina. Exhibition. Le 247 Gallery, Paris. April-May 2016
• Sulina. Exhibition. MYOP in Paris, Hôtel de Sauroy, Paris. October 2015
• Nagorno-Karabagh. Exhibition. MYOP in London, Seen Fifteen Galery, London. May 2015
• Lichk. Screening, La Nuit de L’Année. Arles. July 2014
• Nagorno-Karabagh. Exhibition. MYOP in Arles, La Calade, Arles. July 2014
• Sulina. Exhibition. Festival Photo de Mer, Vannes. April 2013
• Nagorno-Karabagh. Exhibition. 3rd Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism, Hannover. June 2012